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Longlist for the Lost Man Booker Prize, to be awarded to books that lost out on the coveted prize due to 1971 rule change which ceased to award retrospectively, is announced
Posted On Tuesday, February 02, 2010 at 12:43:38 AM
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London: Imagine waiting 40 years to discover whether your manuscript has won one of the most prestigious awards in literature. That is the predicament of 22 authors — some living, many not — on Monday, as the longlist for the Lost Man Booker prize was announced. The award, reports the Guardian, aims to commemorate the works that “fell through the net” in 1970 after changes to the Booker rules. In 1971, two years after the prize was first given, it ceased to be awarded retrospectively and became, as it is now, a prize for the best novel in the year of publication. The date on which the award was given was also moved from April to November, creating a gap when a wealth of 1970 fiction could not be eligible. Among the big names in the running for the Lost Man Booker — which will be awarded in May — are Iris Murdoch, David Lodge, Muriel Spark, Joe Orton, Melvyn Bragg, HE Bates, JG Farrell, Ruth Rendell, Nina Bawden, Brian Aldiss and Susan Hill. In an attempt to expiate their sin, the organisers of the prize have appointed a panel of three judges – all of whom were born in or around 1970 – to select a shortlist of six novels from the longlist. The panel consists of the journalist and critic Rachel Cooke, the ITN newsreader Katie Derham and the poet and novelist Tobias Hill. The shortlist will be announced in March and the public will decide the winner by voting on the Man Booker prize website. |
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