A. evoke a sense of excitement around the potential winner of a literary prize B. convey the cultural and linguistic diversity celebrated by the prize C. create an air of suspense surrounding the unusually short shortlist of nominees D. highlight the refreshing unconventionality of the themes...
LONDON (AP) — Chinese writer Can Xue and Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, both long-favored contenders for the Nobel Prize for literature, are among nominees for the International Booker Prize for fiction. Can Xue’s “I Live in the Slums” and Ngugi’s “The Perfect Nine:...
Since its first recipient was named in 2005—and until 2015 the honor was conferred only every other year—the International Booker Prize has become the world’s leading recognition of its kind, a pace-setting award known for its equal acknowledgment of authors and translators. This prize is al...