Booker Prize: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Added top question on 2026 winner. Nov 10, 2026
Added the 2026 winner. Nov 09, 2026
Added the winner of the 2026 Booker Prize. Nov 09, 2026
Invalidated site: Stirling Online Research Repository - Book Marketing and the Booker Prize (PDF). Aug 06, 2026
Updated for the name change of the International Booker Prize. Aug 04, 2026
Added a top question to update for 2026 winner of the International Booker Prize. May 20, 2026
Added a top question to update for 2026 winner of the International Booker Prize. May 20, 2026
In the Man Booker International Prize, corrected the formatting. May 19, 2026
Updated the International Booker Prize table. May 19, 2026
2026 update. May 19, 2026
Top questions updated. Nov 10, 2025
Updated for 2025 winner. Nov 10, 2025
Added a Top Questions section. Nov 07, 2025
Updated to mention the inclusion of an award for children's fiction. Oct 27, 2025
Updated to add information on the 2025 Man Booker International Prize recipient. May 21, 2025
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Inside the Booker Prize: arguments, agonies and carefully encouraged scandals. May 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Stirling Online Research Repository - Book Marketing and the Booker Prize (PDF). Mar 08, 2024
Revised the discussion of the prize's sponsorship and name. Jun 09, 2022
Removed table. May 14, 2018
Noted that the Man Booker International Prize had become an annual award for fiction in English translation. Mar 23, 2016
Noted that the Booker Prize would be open to all writers writing in English from 2014. Sep 18, 2013
Image of Howard Jacobson after 2010 Booker Prize ceremony added. Nov 13, 2012
Man's withdrawal from sponsorship of the Man Asian Prize noted; Hilary Mantel added to list of prominent Booker winners. Nov 13, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Entertainment - Man Booker Prize. Oct 20, 2011
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Booker Prizes. Oct 20, 2011
Table of winners of the Man Booker International Prize added to article. May 18, 2011
Noted that the Russian Booker is now sponsored by Russian companies and added mention of Man Asian Prize. Feb 04, 2011
Table of winners of the Man Asian Prize added to article. Feb 04, 2011
Table of Booker Prize winners added to article. Oct 16, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 13, 2008
Article revised. Feb 28, 2003
Article added to new online database. Feb 10, 2000
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