International Booker Prize: History and Key Facts

The Bukhman International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize, and the International Booker Prize prior to 2026) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Booker Prize was then known, was announced in June 2004. Sponsored by the Man Group, from 2005 until 2015 the award was given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation. It rewarded one author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage", and was a recognition of the writer's body of work rather than any one title.

Since 2016, the award has been given annually to a single novel or collection of short stories, translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland, with a £50,000 prize for the winning title, shared equally between author and translator. From 2027 onwards, the prize will be doubled to £100,000.

Crankstart, the charitable foundation of Sir Michael Moritz and his wife Harriet Heyman, began supporting The Booker Prizes on 1 June 2019. From this date, the prizes were known as The Booker Prize and The International Booker Prize. Of their support for The Booker Prize Foundation and the prizes, Moritz commented: "Neither of us can imagine a day where we don’t spend time reading a book. The Booker Prizes are ways of spreading the word about the insights, discoveries, pleasures and joy that spring from great fiction". Bukhman Philanthropies, the charitable foundation of Dmitry Bukhman and his wife Daria, began supporting the International Booker Prize in July 2026, and the prize was renamed to the Bukhman International Booker Prize.

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