Literary awards- World

Man Booker International Prize

• It is an international literary award given every two years to a living author of any nationality.
• It is given for a body of work published in English or generally available in English translation.
• It was awarded for the 1^st time in June, 2004.
• It is awarded for an author’s “continued creativity development and overall contribution to fiction on word stage”
• Awardees:

Pulitzer Award

• US award for achievement in Paper and online Journalism, Literature and musical composition.
• It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American publisher Joseph Pulitzer. It is administered by Columbia University, New York City.
• The winner receives a certificate and US $10000 cash.
• Prizes are awarded in 21 categories. There are 6 categories in Letters and Drama.

Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (discontinued)

• Established in 1987 by commonwealth foundation.
• Awards prizes for established and new writers across the commonwealth nations.
• Awards for the Best Book and Best 1^st Book categories were awarded in 4 regions i.e. Africa, Caribbean and Canada, South Asia and Europe and South East Asia and Pacific.

Frank Kafka Prize

• International literary award presented in the honor of the German novelist Franz Kafka.
• It was awarde for the 1^st time in 2001.
• The award is sponsored by Franz Kafka Society and City of Prague, Czech Republic.
• Criteria for winning includes artwork’s “humanistic character and contribution to cultural, national, language and religious tolerance, its existential, timeless character, its generally human validity and its ability to hand over a testimony about our times.”
• Winners are: