LONDON, 15 Sep. The Booker Prize Advisory Committee has announced a shortlist of this year's nominees, with six contributors: Anouk Arudpragasam (Pass North), Damon Galgut (The Promise), Patricia Lockwood (No One Talking About It), Nadifa Mohamed ( Lucky People), Richard Powers (Confusion) and Maggie Sheipstead (The Big Circle). “Shortlisted books have several key features: they are exciting stories that you can absorb, they are voices that enter your head. which reflects the experience of reading in isolation, «- noted the jury. The specified literary works were selected from 158 books published in the UK and Ireland from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. The winner is expected to be named on November 3, he will receive £ 50,000. Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989 Booker Prize winner for Remains of the Day, was not shortlisted this year for Clara and the Sun. It was one of the likely contenders. The Booker Prize appeared in 1968, but it has been awarded since 1969. Until 2014, only citizens of Great Britain, Ireland and the countries of the British Commonwealth could become its laureates. Since 2014, the rules have changed, now writers with any passport have a chance to win the prize, the main condition is that the novel must be written in English and published by the official publisher in Great Britain in the year the prize was awarded. The first laureate of the prize in 1969 was British writer Percy Howard Newby , he was awarded for the novel «For this will have to answer.» Over the years, Iris Murdoch, Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, William Golding, Margaret Atwood became the finalists of the award.
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