It's open to books by citizens of the Commonwealth, which
excludes the US, and the Republic of Ireland.
But it usually goes to Brits. Hence "roughly."
http://www.bookerprize.co.uk/aboutprize/previous.html
-----Original Message----- From: David Moran While it's
theoretically open to Americans, so far as I can recall, no
America has ever been awarded the Man Booker prize (nee
Booker Prize).
cs_will@btopenworld.com wrote:
> Todd Mason wrote:
> > The Man Booker is roughly analogous in the UK
to the National Book Award
> in
> > the US.
>
> The Booker is not a national award. It is open to
the Commonwealth and
just about any English-speaking nation besides the USA (not
sure why that is). That's why you have Margaret Atwood, Roddy
Doyle, and JM Coetzee winning. DBC Pierre is an Australian
national I believe, who grew up a bit in Mexico and now lives
in Ireland. There's a whole lot about his life story in the
UK broadsheets archives.
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