2011 Man Booker Prize

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The 2011 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 18 October 2011. [1] The Man Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 26 July, [2] [3] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 6 September. [4] The Man Booker Prize was awarded to Julian Barnes for The Sense of an Ending . [1] [5]

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Judging panel

Nominees (shortlist)

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending NovelUK Jonathan Cape, Random House
Carol Birch Jamrach's Menagerie NovelUK Canongate Books
Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers NovelCanada Granta
Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues NovelCanada Serpent's Tail
Stephen Kelman Pigeon English NovelUK Bloomsbury
Andrew Miller Snowdrops NovelUK Atlantic Books

Nominees (longlist)

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending NovelUK Jonathan Cape, Random House
Sebastian Barry On Canaan's Side NovelIreland Faber and Faber
Carol Birch Jamrach's Menagerie NovelUK Canongate Books
Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers NovelCanada Granta
Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues NovelCanada Serpent's Tail
Yvvette Edwards A Cupboard Full of CoatsNovelUK Oneworld
Stephen Kelman Pigeon English NovelUK Bloomsbury
Patrick McGuinness The Last Hundred DaysNovelUK Seren
Alan Hollinghurst The Stranger's Child NovelUK Picador
Andrew Miller Snowdrops NovelUK Atlantic Books
Alison Pick Far to GoNovelCanada Tinder Press
Jane Rogers The Testament of Jessie LambNovelUK Canongate Books
D. J. Taylor Derby Day Novel Chatto & Windus

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