The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020. [1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 27 July, [2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 15 September. [3] The Prize was awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000. [4] Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the Booker Prize, after it was awarded to James Kelman for How Late It Was, How Late in 1994. [5] The ceremony was hosted by John Wilson at the Roundhouse in Central London, and broadcast by the BBC. [6] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortlisted authors and guest speakers appeared virtually from their respective homes. [7]
Author | Title | Genre(s) | Country | Publisher |
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Douglas Stuart | Shuggie Bain | Novel | United Kingdom/United States | Picador / Pan Macmillan |
Diane Cook | The New Wilderness | Novel | United States | Oneworld Publications |
Tsitsi Dangarembga | This Mournable Body | Novel | Zimbabwe | Faber & Faber |
Avni Doshi | Burnt Sugar | Novel | United States | Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House |
Maaza Mengiste | The Shadow King | Novel | Ethiopia / United States | Canongate Books |
Brandon Taylor | Real Life | Novel | United States | Originals / Daunt Books Publishing |