![]() ![]() This year, the 2021 International Booker Prize winner is " At Night All Blood Is Black" by David Diop, a propulsive novel that explores a Senegalese man's search for vengeance and forgiveness after he fails to commit a mercy killing for a gravely injured friend during World War I. This year's panel of judges includes writers, translators, critics, and comedians - ranging from Petina Gappah, a novelist, playwright, and international trade lawyer, to Merve Emre, an author and associate English professor at the University of Oxford. The Booker Prize's £50,000 (about $68,032.50) prize money is divided equally between the author and translator, and both shortlisted authors and translators each receive £2,500 (about $3,401.62). Like other translated works awards, such as the National Book Award for Translated Literature, both the author and the translator are celebrated. ![]() Its counterpart, the International Booker Prize, is awarded to books translated into English. The Booker Prize is awarded every year to the best book written in English and published in either the UK or Ireland. ![]()
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