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๐ Literary Awards
๐ฌ๐ง International Booker Prize
Celebrates the best fiction translated into English from any language
UK 2005 Literary Awards
๐ Key Facts
1
Annual prize since 2005 for fiction translated into English and published in UK/Ireland
2
Han Kang (South Korea) won in 2016 for The Vegetarian; Olga Tokarczuk won in 2018 for Flights
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Prize worth ยฃ50,000 โ split equally between author and translator to honour the art of translation
Prize split equally between author and translator since 2016 โ recognising translation as creative act
Quick Reference
Category
๐ Literary Awards
Country/Origin
๐ฌ๐ง UK
Year / Era
2005
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Celebrates the best fiction translated into English from any language