While it's theoretically open to Americans, so far as I can
recall, no America has ever been awarded the Man Booker prize
(nee Booker Prize).
David Moran
cs_will@btopenworld.com wrote:
> Todd Mason wrote:
> > The Man Booker is roughly analogous in the UK
to the National Book Award
> in
> > the US.
>
> The Booker is not a national award. It is open to
the Commonwealth and just about any English-speaking nation
besides the USA (not sure why that is). That's why you have
Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, and JM Coetzee winning. DBC
Pierre is an Australian national I believe, who grew up a bit
in Mexico and now lives in Ireland. There's a whole lot about
his life story in the UK broadsheets archives.
>
> Charlie Williams.
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