2025 Booker Prize:
David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel ‘Flesh’ becoming the first Hungarian-British author to win one of top awards in the English-speaking world.
- It is the world’s leading literary award for a single work of fiction.
- It was founded in the UK in 1969, the Booker Prize initially rewarded Commonwealth writers and now spans the globe: it is open to anyone regardless of origin.
- It aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written in English.
- The Booker Prize awards any novel originally written in English and published in the UK and Ireland in the year of the prize, regardless of the nationality of their author.
- The novel must be an original work in English (not a translation)
- It must be published by a registered UK or Irish imprint; self-published novels are not eligible.
- The winner receives £50,000 and each of the shortlisted authors will be given £2,500.
