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The Booker Prize is an annual literary award given for the best English-language novel of the year published in either the United Kingdom or Ireland.^[1] The 2023 winner was Paul Lynch's Prophet Song.

The 2023 longlist was announced on 1 August.^[2] The shortlist, announced on 21 September,^[3] consisted of six books from six different authors, one British, one Canadian, two Irish, and two American. For all six authors, this marked the first time that they had appeared in a Booker Prize shortlist.^[4] For two writers, Escoffery and Maroo, the shortlist honour was given for their debut novels.^[5] With the 2023 longlisting for her work All the Little Bird-Hearts, Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow became the first person with autism to be nominated for a Booker prize.^[6] Regarding the 2023 shortlisted works, novelist and chair of the Booker Prize Judging Panel, Esi Edugyan stated "This year's novels offer a full range of lived experience, the books refuse easy categorization. No one voice, no one vision dominates."^[7]

The winner was announced on 26 November 2023, at the Old Billingsgate in London.^[8] The £50,000 prize was won by Paul Lynch of Ireland for his novel Prophet Song.^[9]^[3] Esi Edugyan stated that the work was a "triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave". Edugyan also stated that the book's depiction of war and the migrant crisis "captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment."^[10]

The keynote speaker for the award ceremony was Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained in an Iranian prison for about six years and released in March 2022. Zaghari-Ratcliffe explained how books that were smuggled to her had helped her during her time in solitary confinement.^[11]

Judging panel

Nominees

indicates the winner

Shortlist

Author	Title	Genre(s)	Country	Publisher
Paul Lynch	Prophet Song	Novel	Ireland	Oneworld Publications
Paul Murray	The Bee Sting	Novel	Ireland	Hamish Hamilton
Chetna Maroo	Western Lane	Novel	Kenya/England	Picador
Paul Harding	This Other Eden	Novel	USA	Hutchinson Heinemann
Jonathan Escoffery	If I Survive You	Novel	USA	4th Estate
Sarah Bernstein	Study for Obedience	Novel	Canada	Granta Books

Longlist

Author	Title	Genre(s)	Country	Publisher
Tan Twan Eng	The House of Doors	Novel	Malaysia	Canongate
Martin MacInnes	In Ascension	Novel	Scotland	Atlantic Books
Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow	All the Little Bird-Hearts	Novel	England	Tinder Press
Siân Hughes	Pearl	Novel	England	Indigo Press
Elaine Feeney	How to Build a Boat	Novel	Ireland	Harvill Secker
Sebastian Barry	Old God's Time	Novel	Ireland	Faber & Faber
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀	A Spell of Good Things	Novel	Nigeria/England	Canongate
Paul Murray	The Bee Sting	Novel	Ireland	Hamish Hamilton
Chetna Maroo	Western Lane	Novel	Kenya/England	Picador
Paul Lynch	Prophet Song	Novel	Ireland	Oneworld Publications
Paul Harding	This Other Eden	Novel	USA	Hutchinson Heinemann
Jonathan Escoffery	If I Survive You	Novel	USA	4th Estate
Sarah Bernstein	Study for Obedience	Novel	Canada	Granta Books

References

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^ "The Booker Prize 2023 longlist". thebookerprizes.com. The Booker Prizes. August 2023. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "The Booker Prize 2023". thebookerprizes.com. Booker Prizes. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ Creamer, Ella (21 September 2023). "Just one British writer makes the Booker prize shortlist". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ Razzall, Katie (26 November 2023). "Booker Prize 2023 shortlist: Who are the six authors hoping to win tonight?". Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow interview: 'I'd be happy for more autistic writers to be celebrated' | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ Nguyen, Sophia (21 September 2023). "Here are the 6 finalists for the 2023 Booker Prize023 Booker Prize". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Your Guide to Reading the Booker Prize Shortlist". russh.com. Russh Media Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ Marshall, Alex (26 November 2023). "Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023.
^ Marshall, Alex (26 November 2023). "Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for 'Prophet Song'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ Creamer, Ella (26 November 2023). "'Soul-shattering' Prophet Song by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.