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KIRAN DESAI, KATE GRENVILLE, M.J. HYLAND, HISHAM MATAR, EDWARD ST AUBYN and SARAH WATERS are the six authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006, the UK’s pre-eminent literary award. The shortlist was announced by the chair of judges, Hermione Lee, at a press conference at Man Group plc offices in London today (Thursday 14th September).
The six shortlisted books were chosen from a longlist of 19 and are:
Desai, Kiran - The Inheritance of Loss - Hamish Hamilton
Grenville, Kate - The Secret River - Canongate
Hyland, M.J. - Carry Me Down - Canongate
Matar, Hisham - In the Country of Men - Viking
St Aubyn, Edward - Mother’s Milk - Picador
Waters, Sarah - The Night Watch - Virago
Hermione Lee, Chair of Judges, comments:
“Each of these novels has what we as judges were most looking for, a distinctive original voice, an audacious imagination that takes readers to undiscovered countries of the mind, a strong power of story-telling and a historical truthfulness. Each of these novels creates a world you inhabit without question or distrust while you are reading, and a mood, an atmosphere, which lasts long after the reading is over.”
The winner receives £50,000 with a guaranteed increase in sales and recognition worldwide. Each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, receives £2,500 and a designer bound edition of their own book.
The judging panel for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is: Hermione Lee (Chair), biographer, academic and a reviewer; Simon Armitage, poet and novelist; Candia McWilliam, award-winning novelist; critic Anthony Quinn; and actor Fiona Shaw.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 10th October at an awards ceremony at the Guildhall, London.
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