Two Nigerian writers; Bernardine Evaristo and Chigozie Obioma makes the 2019 Man Booker Prize shortlist for their books, “Girl, Woman, Other” and “ An Orchestra of Minorities.”
The Man Booker Prize established in 1969, is one of the world’s most prestigious prize, awarded for the best original fiction written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
The longlist for this year’s prize announced in July, was selected from 151 novels. Bernadine Evaristo and Chigozie Obioma are up against big shots as, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie both of whom have been previous winners of the prize.
The six shortlisted writers will receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition of their book. While the winner goes home with the grand prize of £50,000. We wish them the best of luck!
Below a list of the six shortlisted writers;
- Margaret Atwood (Canada), The Testaments (Vintage, Chatto & Windus)
- Lucy Ellmann (USA/UK), Ducks, Newburyport (Galley Beggar Press)
- Bernardine Evaristo (UK), Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton)
- Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), An Orchestra of Minorities (Little Brown)
- Salman Rushdie (UK/India), Quichotte (Jonathan Cape)
- Elif Shafak (UK/Turkey), 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Viking)
