Jul 07 2015
The Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize are to merge to create one annual award for a work of literary fiction translated into English.
Jonathan Taylor, chair of the Man Booker Foundation, said at a press conference this morning that the Man Booker International Prize used to lose momentum in the years it was not awarded, as it was given every two years. He also said it was difficult to understand, being awarded for a body of work rather than an individual title.
The new prize - retaining the Man Booker International Prize name - will see the £50,000 (approx US$80,000) award money shared equally between the author and translator.
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