Sunday, April 1, 2018

British (And Commonwealth) Authors Want The Booker To Ban Americans Again

They're fed up and don't want to take it anymore, after the last two years of the prize have resulted in wins from U.S. authors. "The crescendo of frustration may have reached a peak. A group that counts the literary heavyweights Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith among its members has fired a shot across the bow, demanding that the Man Booker Foundation reverse a 2014 decision making any novel written in English and published in Britain eligible for the prize."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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