Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won ‘International Booker Prize’ for ‘Heart Lamp’ in 2025 while David Szalay has won the Booker Prize in 2025 for his novel ‘Flesh’. What is the difference between the two prizes?
- AThey are the same.
- BThe nomenclature changed since 2011.
- CBooker Prize is for the books written in English while ‘International Booker Prize’ is for the books written in other languages and translated in English.
- D‘International Booker Prize’ is given to Writers from Asia and Africa.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The core distinction lies in the original language of publication:
* The Booker Prize is awarded annually to a single novel written originally in the English language and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
* The International Booker Prize is awarded for a single work of fiction that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland, splitting the prize money equally between the original author and the translator.
* The Booker Prize is awarded annually to a single novel written originally in the English language and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
* The International Booker Prize is awarded for a single work of fiction that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland, splitting the prize money equally between the original author and the translator.