International Booker Prize

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) was launched in 2005 and was originally awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English, or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language. It was an award for the body of work of the author, rather than awarded for an individual novel.

Beginning in 2016, the award changed. It is now given annually to a single book in English translation, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, shared equally between author and translator.

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2023

Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel Winner
Boulder Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Whale Cheon Myeong-kwan, translated by Chi-Young Kim
The Gospel According to the New World Maryse Condé, translated by Richard Philcox
Standing Heavy GauZ’, translated by Frank Wynne
Still Born Guadalupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey

2022

Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell Winner
Heaven Mieko Kawakami, translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft
Elena Knows Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle
A New Name: Septology VI-VII Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls
Cursed Bunny Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

2021

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis Winner
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez, translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut, translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West
The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale
The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard, translated from French by Mark Polizzotti

2020

The Discomfort of Evening Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison Winner
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar, translated by Anonymous
The Adventures of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh
Tyll Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin
Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
The Memory Police Yōko Ogowa, translated by Stephen Snyder

2019

Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth Winner
The Years Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayer
The Pine Islands Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja
Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Shape Of The Ruins Juan Gabriel Vásquez, translated by Anne McLean
The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated by Sophie Hughes

2018

Flights Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft Winner
Vernon Subutex 1 Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne
The White Book Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
The World goes on László Krasznahorkai, translated by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes
Like a Fading Shadow Antonio Muñoz Molina, translated by Camilo A. Ramirez
Frankenstein in Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright