The Booker Prize 2022 long list includes two Irish writers and the oldest and youngest authors to date who have been nominated for prestigious literary awards.
British writer Alan Garner, who celebrates his 88th birthday on the night of the award-winning ceremony, is the oldest candidate for the award after his book, Treacle Walker, has been on the long list.
Meanwhile, American author and debut novelist Leila Mottley (20) appears as the youngest in her book Nightcrawl.
Wicklow writer Claire Keegan is on the list of the shortest book, “Small Things Like These,” recognized on page 116 in the history of the award.
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Irish novelist Audrey Magee is on the colony’s long list.
The two debut novelists on the list include Maddie Mortimer, a British writer from Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies, and Selby Wynn Schwartz from After Sappho.
This group constitutes a long list of 13 powerful “Bookers Darth”, selected from 169 novels published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. All works written in English by the artist, regardless of nationality, are eligible for the award.
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Previous finalists on this year’s longlist include Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo for Glory, American author Karen Joy Fowler for Booth, and Briton Graeme Macrae Burnet for Case Study.
Elizabeth Strout of the United States, who was previously on the award long list, was recognized in her book “O William”!
This year’s long list was selected by a jury chaired by cultural historian, writer and broadcaster Neil MacGregor.
He states: “The list we chose includes stories, parables and parables, fantasies, mysteries, meditations, and thrillers.
“The task of reducing 169 to 13 was as fun as it was difficult.
“These are 13 books that are challenging, exciting, amazing, nutritious and recommended for fun reading nearby.”
— Booker Prize (@TheBookerPrizes) July 26, 2022
Gaby Wood, Director of the Booker Prize Foundation, said:
“The result is a set of books whose authors draw you into their wit, sometimes serious but never gloomy, even when absorbing dramatic, painful, provocative subjects.
“It’s in this playfulness of shape and tone that this year’s fiction is at its best.”
The six finalists for the Booker Prize 2022 will be announced at a ceremony on September 6th at the Serpentine Pavilion in London.
The winner will be announced on October 17th at the Roundhouse for the first time since 2019 and will receive £ 50,000 (€ 60,000).
The 2021 Booker Prize fiction was awarded by Damon Galgut for The Promise.
