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Booker Prize, Booker prize, Carmen Kaalo - Coggle Diagram
Booker Prize
Booker prize
Expansions of eligibility
2014 criteria change
Judges well-respected figures in the literary world
Any novel written in english, published in the UK
Controversies
Too focused on literary fiction
Judging too subjective
importance
Increased book sales
Recognition
Promoting quality literature
Discovering new authors
Recent winners
"Shuggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart (2020)
"The Testament" by Margaret Atwood (2019)
"Milkman" by Anna Burns (2018)
Origins of the Booker Prize
Early years
Established 1969
Booker McConnell company
Citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland
Prize £5,000
First winner P.H.Newby "Something to Answer For"
The Man Booker prize
2002 Booker McConnell - The Man Group
Name change
Prize £50,000
Carmen Kaalo
