Throughout its forty-five years, it has celebrated novels from England, Ireland, Scotland, India, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and Nigeria. Favorites are put forth, critics weigh in, bets are placed, and the ceremony is televised.
In little more than a decade, it accomplished both.Įach fall the prize's changing roster of writers, judges, and scandals draws the attention of book buyers and the media. The prize was created to change the literary climate of England and to jolt the British book trade out of its lingering postwar recession. The Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most coveted literary awards, turned Possession into an instant best seller, propelled The English Patient and Life of Pi onto the screen, and made a star of an advertising copywriter named Salman Rushdie. Bookermania explores these effects through the history of England's Man Booker Prize, which has been given annually since 1969 to the best novel in English written by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Republic of Ireland, or Zimbabwe. They also draw attention to the forms of writing they assess and raise important questions about the critical, popular, and economic forces that shape cultural value and confer prestige. In addition to elevating an author's standing, they promote reading and increase the sale of books. It includes more than four thousand first editions, proofs, manuscripts, letters, and ephemeral material related to the publication, promotion, and recognition of more than four decades of acclaimed works of fiction in English. This exhibition celebrates the Morgan's Man Booker Prize Collection, which was acquired in 2010 and is the largest American collection devoted to the prize.
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