The International Booker Prize was established in 2005 to acknowledge the contribution of translations to fiction, and to complement The Booker Prize.
From 2005 to 2015 was awarded every two years, and awarded to acknowledge a writer's contribution to global writing. In 2015, the award became an annual award for fiction in translation.
Novels and short fiction are eligible.
'The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for their achievement in fiction. 2005 saw the awarding of the inaugural prize. The prize [is] awarded once every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English, or generally available in translation in the English language.'
Source: Man Booker International Prize website, http://www.manbookerinternational.com/home
Sighted: 16/04/2007
