The International Booker Prize honors a single work of fiction, written in any language and translated into English. The International Booker Prize formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.
From 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation .
Since 2016, the award has been given annually to a single novel or collection of short stories, translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, shared equally between author and translator.
International Booker Prize winners list from 2005 to 2026 with Book name, Author , Translator, Book Language, and Country.
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About the International Booker Prize
The most important details about the International Booker Prize:
| Details | Information |
| Award Name | International Booker Prize |
| Year Established | 2005 (previously known as the Booker International Prize) |
| Eligibility | Open to works written in any language and translated into English. |
| Prize Amount | £50,000 (shared between author and translator) |
| Awarded By | Booker Prize Foundation |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Jurors | The prize is awarded by a panel of distinguished judges, including writers, critics, and translators. |
The International Booker Prize 2026 was awarded to the novel Taiwan Travelogue, written by Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-ziand translated into English by Lin King.
The International Booker Prize winners from 2005 to 2015
From 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation
| Year | Author | Country | Translator | Language |
| 2005 | Ismail Kadare | Albania | No | Albanian |
| 2007 | Chinua Achebe | Nigeria | No | English |
| 2009 | Alice Munro | Canada | No | English |
| 2011 | Philip Roth | United States | No | English |
| 2013 | Lydia Davis | United States | No | English |
| 2015 | Laszlo Krasznahorkai | Hungary | George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet | Hungarian |
The International Booker Prize winners from 2016
| Year | Author | Translator | Work | Language | Home country |
| 2016 | Han Kang | Deborah Smith | The Vegetarian | Korean | South Korea |
| 2017 | David Grossman | Jessica Cohen | A Horse Walks into a Bar | Hebrew | Israel |
| 2018 | Olga Tokarczuk | Jennifer Croft | Flights Bieguni |
Polish | Poland |
| 2019 | Jokha al-Harthi | Marilyn Booth | Celestial Bodies | Arabic | Oman |
| 2020 | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld | Michele Hutchison | The Discomfort of Evening De avond is ongemak |
Dutch | Netherlands |
| 2021 | David Diop | Anna Moschovakis | At Night All Blood Is Black | French | France |
| 2022 | Geetanjali Shree | Daisy Rockwell | Tomb of Sand | Hindi | India |
| 2023 | Georgi Gospodinov | Angela Rodel | Time Shelter | Bulgarian | Bulgaria |
| 2024 | Jenny Erpenbeck | Michael Hofmann | Kairos | German | Germany |
| 2025 | Banu Mushtaq | Deepa Bhasthi | Heart Lamp: Selected Stories | Kannada | India |
| 2026 | Yang Shuang-zi | Lin King | Taiwan Travelogue | Mandarin Chinese | Taiwan |
List of Indian International Booker Prize Winners
Indian Winners of the International Booker Prize
| Year | Author | Translator | Book | Original Language |
| 2025 | Banu Mushtaq | Deepa Bhasthi | Heart Lamp | Kannada |
| 2022 | Geetanjali Shree | Daisy Rockwell | Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi) | Hindi |
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