The Booker Prize Foundation is delighted to announce that the grant-giving organisation Bukhman Philanthropies has made a generous commitment to fund the next 10 years of the International Booker Prize, following its support of the prize in 2026. The announcement comes after the prize celebrated 10 years in its current form this year, in which time it has become the world’s most influential award for translated fiction.
In recognition of the decade-long partnership, the prize will be named the Bukhman International Booker Prize. As part of Bukhman Philanthropies’ dedication to celebrating and rewarding the vital art of translation, the prize fund for the winning title will double in value from £50,000 to £100,000, to be split equally between the author and translator/s. Each shortlisted title will continue to be awarded a prize of £5,000: £2,500 for the author and £2,500 for the translator/s.
The judges for the Bukhman International Booker Prize 2027, also revealed today, are: critically acclaimed and Booker Prize-shortlisted author Katie Kitamura as Chair; Booker Prize-longlisted writer, translator and Professor of French and Comparative Literature Patrick McGuinness; filmmaker and Sunday Times bestselling author Caleb Azumah Nelson; celebrated writer, translator and International Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Olga Ravn; and award-winning film, television and stage actor and producer Tessa Thompson.
Since its inception in 2016, the International Booker Prize has celebrated outstanding writing from around the world, honoured 11 winners in 11 different languages and driven a significant increase in sales of translated fiction in the UK. Five authors recognised by the International Prize have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature: Annie Ernaux, Jon Fosse, Han Kang, Olga Tokarczuk and László Krasznahorkai.
This year’s judges are looking for the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between 1 May 2026 and 30 April 2027.
A longlist of 12 or 13 books will be announced on Tuesday, 16 March 2027 with a shortlist of six books to follow on Thursday, 15 April 2027. The winning book will be announced at a ceremony in May 2027, which will be livestreamed on the Booker Prizes social media channels.
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