{"id":348907,"date":"2011-03-30T06:13:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T06:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/pullman-heads-up-booker-shortlist\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T06:13:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T06:13:16","slug":"pullman-heads-up-booker-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/pullman-heads-up-booker-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Pullman heads up Booker shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"62.67898089172\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>30 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>02:13 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Philip Pullman, John Le Carre and Rohinton Mistry have made it on to the shortlist for this year&#8217;s  Man Booker International Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The list features 13 writers from eight countries including China, which is represented for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The prize is awarded every two years to a living author whose work has been published in English or widely translated into English.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Rick Gekoski said the list was &#8220;diverse, fresh and thought-provoking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-12893251#story_continues_1\">Continue reading the main story<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Wang Anyi (China)<\/li>\n<li> Juan Goytisolo (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> James Kelman (UK<\/li>\n<li> John le Carre (UK)<\/li>\n<li> Amin Maalouf (Lebanon)<\/li>\n<li> David Malouf (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> Dacia Maraini (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> Rohinton Mistry (India\/Canada)<\/li>\n<li> Philip Pullman (UK)<\/li>\n<li> Marilynne Robinson (USA)<\/li>\n<li> Philip Roth (US)<\/li>\n<li> Su Tong (China)<\/li>\n<li> Anne Tyler (US)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- pullout-links--><\/div>\n<p>The winner, who will pick up a \u00a360,000 prize, will be announced at the Sydney Writers&#8217; Festival on 18 May.<\/p>\n<p>Pullman is best known for His Dark Materials trilogy, which has won numerous prizes including the Carnegie Medal. <\/p>\n<p>Le Carre&#8217;s novels include The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, The Tailor of Panama and The Constant Gardener.<\/p>\n<p>The winner is chosen solely by the judging panel &#8211; there are no submissions from publishers.<\/p>\n<p>Ismail Kadare won the inaugural prize in 2005, followed by Chinua Achebe in 2007 and Alice Munro in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>An awards ceremony will take place for this year&#8217;s recipient in London on 28 June.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/entertainment-arts-12893251\" title=\"Pullman heads up Booker shortlist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pullman heads up Booker shortlist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 March 2011 Last updated at 02:13 ET Philip Pullman, John Le Carre and Rohinton Mistry have made it on to the shortlist for this year&#8217;s Man Booker International Prize. 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