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Booker Prize 2000 Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for the
Booker Prize 2000, which is now in its
32nd year, has
been announced. Each of the six shortlisted authors, including the
winner, receives £1,000 in addition to a designer bound
edition of their own book. 120 books were entered for
the prize this year.
The winner receives a total of £21,000 with a
guaranteed increase in sales and recognition worldwide.
This year's winner will be announced on Tuesday, 7 November 2000.
J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace won the 1999 Booker Prize for Fiction.
The shortlisted books for this year include:
- Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (Bloomsbury) £16.99
- Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place (Picador)
- Michael Collins, The Keepers of Truth (Phoenix House)
- Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans (Faber & Faber)
- Matthew Kneale, English Passengers (Hamish Hamilton)
- Brian O'Doherty, The Deposition of Father McGreevy (Arcadia)
Simon Jenkins, chair of the 2000 judges, said "Selecting the
shortlist has not been easy but we have been greatly impressed
by the range of books presented to us. The shortlist shows
narrative energy, imaginative treatment and original voices
from unpredictable quarters."
The Booker Prize for Fiction was set up by Booker plc in 1968
to reward merit, raise the stature of the author in the eyes
of the public, and increase the sales of the books. It is
administered by Book Trust (the independent charity which
promotes books and reading) and Martyn Goff.
In May 2000, Booker plc merged with Iceland plc becoming the
Iceland Group plc. The Iceland Group plc employs 30,000
people in the UK and has an annual turnover of £5.5 billion.
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