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'Golden Man Booker' to celebrate 50 years of Booker Prize

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Pitting the prestigious Man Booker Prize winners over the last 50 years, Booker foundation announced a one-off 'Golden Man Booker' to mark its 50th anniversary. The best work of fiction will be chosen by five judges and then voted for by the public.

According to the a statement by the Booker foundation, five judges have been appointed to read the winning novels from each decade of the prize: writer and editor Robert McCrum (1970s); poet Lemn Sissay MBE (1980s); novelist Kamila Shamsie (1990s); broadcaster and novelist Simon Mayo (2000s); and poet Hollie McNish (2010s).

Each judge will choose what, in his or her opinion, is the best winner from that particular decade, and will champion that book against the other judges’ selections. The judges’ 'Golden Five' shortlist will be announced at the Hay Festival on 26 May 2018. The five books will then be put to a month-long public vote from 26 May to 25 June on the Man Booker Prize website to decide the overall winner, announced at the Man Booker 50 Festival on 8 July 2018.

From Marlon James, Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro, prominent writers like John Berger, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan have won the prize before. 

Rushdie has already won the 'Booker of Bookers' to mark its 25th anniversary and the 'Best of Booker' which marked its 40th anniversary. 

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