The finalists for the 2015 Man Booker International prize for fiction were announced today, recognizing authors from around the globe, from India and Libya to the Republic of Congo and Mozambique. One author from the U.S., Fanny Howe, made the list.
All of the winners are first-time finalists and include six nationalities that have never made the short list. The winner will be announced at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on May 19.
The list includes: César Aira (Argentina); Hoda Barakat (Lebanon); Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe); Mia Couto (Mozambique); Amitav Ghosh (India); Fanny Howe (United States of America); Ibrahim al-Koni (Libya); László Krasznahorkai (Hungary); Alain Mabanckou (Republic of Congo); and Marlene van Niekerk (South Africa).
As Reuters notes, the award is given out every two years. An author’s work must be originally written in English or widely translated into the English language.
“The judges have had an exhilarating experience reading for this prize; we have ranged across the world and entered the vision of writers who offer an extraordinary variety of experiences,” Professor Marina Warner said during the announcement at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. “Fiction can enlarge the world for us all and stretch our understanding and our sympathy."
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