Man Booker International Prize.
- a biennial international literary award.
- awarded to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation - Fiction.
- sponsored by the Man Group.
- presented by United Kingdom.
- reward is worth £60,000.
- first awarded in year 2005.
- complements the Man Booker Prize and rewards one author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage.
- the judges for the year compile their own lists of authors and submissions are not invited.
List of previous winners of Man Booker International Prize:
- 2005, Ismail Kadare (Albania)
- 2007, Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
- 2009, Alice Munro (Canada)
- 2011, Philip Roth (USA)
- 2013, Lydia Davis (USA)
List of Nominees for The Man Booker International Prize 2013:
U R Ananthamurthy (India), Aharon Appelfeld (Israel), Lydia Davis (USA), Intizar Husain (Pakistan), Yan Lianke (China), Marie NDiaye (France), Josip Novakovich (Canada), Marilynne Robinson (USA), Vladimir Sorokin (Russia), Peter Stamm (Switzerland).
Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy from India was nominated for The Man Booker International Prize 2013 and the jury praised him for the humanity of his works and its unconventional themes.
- in 1994, he received Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the highest literary honor conferred in India.
- in 1998, he received the Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India.
- he is a contemporary writer, critic in the Kannada language and considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement.
Reference: The Hindu Newspaper - 23 May
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