FAQs
The Man Booker International Prize works differently to the annual Man Booker Prize. Want to find out more? See some of our Frequently Asked Questions below.
Who is Man Group plc?
The Man Booker Prize is sponsored by Man Group plc. Man is a world-leading alternative investment management business. With a broad range of funds for institutional and private investors globally, it is known for its performance, innovative product design and investor service. Man manages around $43 billion. The original business was founded in 1783. Today, Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalisation of around £4 billion. Man Group is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the FTSE4Good Index.
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What is the Booker Prize Foundation?
The Booker Prize Foundation (BPF) is a registered charity responsible for the organisation and operation of the Man Booker Prize and the Man Booker International Prize.
The President of the Booker Prize Foundation is former Man Booker Prize administrator, Dr Martyn Goff CBE. Emma Nicholson (Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP) is Vice-President.
The trustees of the Booker Prize Foundation are former Chairman of Booker plc, Jonathan Taylor CBE (Chair); Lord Baker of Dorking CH; playwright and President of the Royal Literary Fund, Ronald Harwood CBE; former Chair of the British Council, Baroness Kennedy QC; writer, Baroness Neuberger DBE; former Finance Director of Rentokil plc, Christopher Pearce, the author Victoria Glendinning and the writer and broadcaster, James Naughtie.
Who is Booker plc?
Booker is the largest cash & carry company in the UK with 177 branches nationwide and a turnover of c£3.5 billion. It is the key link between branded manufacturers and the independent sector. In June 2000, Booker plc merged with Iceland plc to form Iceland Group plc, now known as The Big Food Group plc. The Big Food Group plc employs 30,000 people in the UK and has an annual turnover of c£5.5 billion. Group activity is centred on four areas: food retailing (Iceland Foods plc); home shopping (Iceland.co.uk); food service (Woodward Foodservice Ltd); and food wholesaling (Booker Cash & Carry Ltd).
Who is eligible for the prize?
Any living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.
How are the judges chosen?
Following recommendations from the Advisory Committee, which includes an author (Maggie Fergusson, also Secretary of the Royal Society of Literature), two publishers (Richard Cable, Random House, and Nigel Newton, Bloomsbury), an agent (Derek Johns of A.P. Watt), two booksellers (Dominic Myers of Waterstones and Robert Topping of Topping and Co), a librarian (Jonathan Douglas), a literary editor (Peter Kemp, fiction editor of the Sunday Times), Fiammetta Rocco (the administrator of the Man Booker International Prize, who is also literary editor of The Economist), as well as representatives of the Man Group and Booker plc.
The Advisory Committee is chaired by Ion Trewin, Literary Director of the Man Booker Prizes, who is appointed by the Booker Prize Foundation. Every effort is made to achieve a balance between the judges of gender, articulacy and role. A judge is rarely enrolled a second time.
How is the winner chosen?
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded to a writer for a body of work generally available in English (either originally written in English or in translation). The choice of authors considered is entirely up to the judges.
The prize is worth £60,000 to the winner with an additional £15,000 available, if appropriate, to a translator selected by the winner.
The International Prize ensures recognition - and increasingly sales - worldwide.
