At 28, Writer Is Youngest to Receive Booker Prize

Eleanor Catton was awarded the Man Booker Prize for “The Luminaries,” a tale set in 19th-century New Zealand that explores identity, greed and human frailty.

    



The Backlash to the American Invasion of the Booker Prize

Next year, the Man Booker Prize will be open to any work originally written in English and published in Britain, bringing concerns that American novels will dominate.

    



Under New Guidelines, Man Booker Prize to Be Open to Americans

Beginning in 2014, the award will be open to all novels originally written in English and published in Britain no matter where the author is from.

    



Booker Prize Panel Is Said to Consider Allowing Americans to Be Eligible

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which has been a British award for more than 40 years, may add American authors to the pool, a newspaper reported.

    



Booker Prize Nominees Are Released

Thirteen novels are on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize, considered Britain’s most prestigious literary award.