Man Booker Prize-2015

man booker prize 2015

Question: Name the Novel writer who won the 2015 Man Booker Prize?

a. Sanjeev Sahota
b. Marlon James
c. Tom Mc carthy
d. Chigozie Obiome

Ans (b)

Related facts:

  • On October 2015, this year’s prestigious Man Booker Prize winner was announced.
  • Jamaican writer Marlon James has been named the winner of the Man Booker Prize for 2015 for his novel ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’.
  • His novel ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ is a fictionalized history on the attempted murder of the reggae singer, Bob Marley, in 1976.
  • In the history of 47 years it is the first Booker Prize to be won by a Jamaican and the first for its independent publisher One world Publications.
  • Novel has 686-page , in which more than 75 pictures has been characterized.
  • James was honored with the prize money of 50000 Pound, a trophy and a designer bound edition of his book. He was also awarded with additional 2500 Pound for being shortlisted for the prize.
  • First awarded in 1969, the Man Booker Prize is recognized as the leading award for high quality literary fiction written in English.
  • James’s book was chosen from a shortlist of seven writers, who included the bookies favorite Hanya Yanagihara for A Little Life, and the British writer of Indian origin Sanjeev Sahota for The Year of the Runaways.

 

Reference:

http://themanbookerprize.com/man-booker-prize-2015
http://themanbookerprize.com/news/brief-history-seven-killings-wins-2015-man-booker-prize