The Man Booker Longlist 2018

The Man Booker Prize for fiction is widely recognised as the leading prize for literary fiction written in English. It is open to writers of any nationality, writing in English and published in the UK and Ireland.

Four previously nominated authors have made the long list, including a former winner, Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje’s winning novel of 1992, The English Patient also won the one off Golden Man Booker Prize for the best winning book of the last five decades. The other previously nominated authors are Esi Edugyan, Donal Ryan and Richard Powers.

Perhaps more exciting is that new talent has been recognised with four debut novelists on the list. Sophie Mackintosh, Guy Gunaratne, Daisy Johnson and Scottish poet Robin Robertson for his first novel in verse.

The Longlist:

Belinda Bauer – Snap 

Anna Burns – Milkman

Nick Drnaso – Sabrina

Esi Edugyan – Washington Black
Guy Gunaratne – In Our Mad and Furious City 

Daisy Johnson – Everything Under

Rachel Kushner – The Mars Room
Sophie Mackintosh – The Water Cure

Miachael Ondaatje – Warlight

Richard Powers – The Overstory

Robin Robertson – The Long Take
Donal Ryan – From a Low and Quiet Sea

For synopses, judges’ comments and author biographies visit the Man Booker Prize website

The shortlist will be announced 20 September and the winner 16 October 2018.

Rhestr Hir Gwobr y Man Booker 2018

Mae Gwobr y Man Booker ar gyfer ffuglen yn cael ei chydnabod fel y brif wobr am ffuglen lenyddol a ysgrifennir yn Saesneg. Mae’n agored i awduron o unrhyw genedl, sy’n ysgrifennu yn Saesneg ac a gyhoeddir yn y DU ac Iwerddon.

Mae pedwar o awduron a enwebwyd yn y gorffennol ar y rhestr hir, gan gynnwys un a enillodd yn flaenorol, Michael Ondaatje. At hyn, enillodd nofel fuddugol Ondaatje ym 1992, The English Patient, Gwobr Aur unwaith ac am byth y Man Booker am y llyfr gorau a enillodd yn y pum degawd diwethaf. Yr awduron eraill a enwebwyd o’r blaen yw Esi Edugyan, Donal Ryan a Richard Powers.

Yn fwy cyffrous, efallai, yw bod talent newydd wedi ei chydnabod gyda phedwar o nofelwyr newydd ar y rhestr, sef Sophie Mackintosh, Guy Gunaratne, Daisy Johnson a’r bardd o Albanwr Robin Robertson am ei nofel gyntaf ar fydr.

Y Rhestr Hir:

Belinda Bauer – Snap 

Anna Burns – Milkman

Nick Drnaso – Sabrina

Esi Edugyan – Washington Black
Guy Gunaratne – In Our Mad and Furious City 

Daisy Johnson – Everything Under

Rachel Kushner – The Mars Room
Sophie Mackintosh – The Water Cure

Miachael Ondaatje – Warlight

Richard Powers – The Overstory

Robin Robertson – The Long Take
Donal Ryan – From a Low and Quiet Sea

I weld crynodebau, sylwadau’r beirniaid a bywgraffiadau o’r awduron, ewch i wefan Gwobr Man Booker

Cyhoeddir y rhestr fer ar 20 Medi a’r buddugol ar 16 Hydref 2018.