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International Booker Prize

international literary award given in the United Kingdom
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Summary

International Booker Prize is a literary award[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of literary award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,244 views/month, #5 of 526).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Named after: Booker Prize[4]
  • Headquarters location: London[5]
  • Commons category: International Booker Prize[6]
  • Review score: 0.8[7]
  • Inception: 2005[8]
  • Official website: http://themanbookerprize.com/international[9], https://thebookerprizes.com/the-international-booker-prize[10]
  • Sponsor: Crankstart Foundation[11]
  • Conferred by: Booker Prize Foundation[12]
  • Official name: International Booker Prize[13]
  • Native label: International Booker Prize[14]
  • Different from: Warwick Prize for Women in Translation[15]
  • Prize money: 60,000 pounds sterling[16]
  • Category for recipients of this award: Category:International Booker Prize winners[17]
  • P14541: shuls[18]

Why It Matters

International Booker Prize has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Canada Inventory of International Awards. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . publishersweekly.com. publishersweekly.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved . thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . bookriot.com. bookriot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → man-booker-international-prize
    Wikidata description → international literary award given in the United Kingdom
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → shuls
    Instance of → literary award
    Website → —
    Country → United Kingdom
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