The six shortlisted books for the Booker Prize 2019 was announced on Tuesday, September 3. The illustrious list includes Margaret Atwood, Lucy Ellmann, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak, Chigozie Obioma and Salman Rushdie. of these Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie have won the prestigious award earlier.
Salman Rushdie’s new novel “Quichotte” will be competing for the 50,000 pound Booker Prize for Fiction.
“Quichotte” is published in India by Penguin Random House India, making it the only nominee by an Indian publisher in this year’s shortlist. This book is published under the Hamish Hamilton imprint in India, and was simultaneously released in the UK and India on August 29.
Here is the complete list of shortlisted books:
- The Testaments, Margaret Atwood
- Quichotte, Salman Rushdie
- An Orchestra of Minorities, Chigozie Obioma
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Elif Shafak
- Ducks, Newburyport, Lucy Ellmann
- Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo
Commenting on the nomination, Rushdie said: “It has been 19 years since ‘The Moor’s Last Sigh’ made it to the shortlist, so I’m obviously delighted. I’m also happy to be chosen, alongside such terrific writers, to be part of an interesting, strong list.”
The judges’ panel was chaired by Peter Florence, director of the Hay Festival, and consisted of former fiction publisher and editor Liz Calder; novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo; writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch; and pianist and composer Joanna MacGregor.
The winner of the Booker Prize will be announced on October 14.
