The laureate of the Boker is declared

The Buker Prize of 2016 was awarded to the novel “The Sellout” (The Sellout ”by the American writer Paul Bitty.

According to the Prize website , he became the first representative of the United States to win the prize in the entire 48-year history.

"Sale" is a novel for our time. - She said, handing the prize, the chairman of the jury Amanda Forman. - Behind the tireless ingenuity of this modern satire, radical seriousness is hidden behind her humor. Paul Bitty does not spare sacred cows, attacking racial and political taboos with wit, liveliness and grace. ”

Paul Bitty received a cash prize of 50 thousand pounds, as well as a special copy of his book in design binding.

The third year, the Buker Prize is awarded to writers from any country in the world for a novel in English, published in the UK.

Last year, for the first time in the history of the award, it was won by a writer from Jamaica - Marlon James, awarded the novel “A Brief History of Seven Murders”. After the Boker was awarded, the circulations of his books sharply grew - 360 thousand copies were sold in the UK and 120 thousand in the United States.

In addition to Paul Bitty’s novel, the works of Deborah Levy (Great Britain), Graham Makrey Bernet (Great Britain), Moskhafeg (USA), David Saley (Canada-Greatbrin) and Madeline Thien (Canada) claimed . All finalists of the Buker Prize receive a monetary reward of 2500 thousand pounds.