Sunday 21 June 2009

THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2009


The Man Booker International Prize

COME AND FIND OUT HOW THE PANEL CHOSE THE 2009 WINNER

12.30pm, Thursday 25th June, Trinity College Dublin

Tickets available from Trinity College Dublin

The three judges - Jane Smiley, Amit Chaudhuri and Andrey Kurkov - will discuss their choice under the chairmanship of Irish author, Colm Tóibín, who was a judge of the 2007 Man Booker International Prize.

The panel made the following comment on the winner:

"Alice Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and yet she brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story as most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels. To read Alice Munro is to learn something every time that you never thought of before."

Alice Munro will receive the prize of £60,000 and a trophy at the Award Ceremony on Thursday 25th June at Trinity College Dublin.

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