Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

The Exclusive Books Boeke Prize is a book prize which was awarded in South Africa from 1995 to 2012.

Award

The award was loosely modelled on the United Kingdom's Man Booker Prize, and sponsored by Exclusive Books. Although boeke is an Afrikaans word, the plural form of the word for "book", the Boeke Prize has only been awarded to novels written in English.

Launched in 1995, the award has been made mostly to first novels or works: 12 of the first 19 winners were debut works. The books are judged by a panel of book critics (40 in 2008).[1]

Since its inception, ten of the books to receive the award have had a film adaptation released.

Winners

Judges' Award
Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt
YearTitleAuthor[2]
1995Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilJohn Berendt
1996Behind the Scenes at the MuseumKate Atkinson
1997Angela's AshesFrank McCourt
1998Cold MountainCharles Frazier
1999The ReaderBernhard Schlink
2000The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver
2001Eddie's BastardWilliam Kowalski
2002AtonementIan McEwan
2003Life of PiYann Martel
2004The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark Haddon
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini
2005The Time-Traveler's WifeAudrey Niffenegger
2006Q & AVikas Swarup
2007The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak
2008The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg Larsson
2009The HelpKathryn Stockett
2010One DayDavid Nicholls
2011When God Was a RabbitSarah Winman
2012Gone GirlGillian Flynn

Exclusive Books Fanatics choice
YearTitle
2010The PostmistressSarah Blake[3]
2011Thirteen HoursDeon Meyer[4]
2012The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryRachel Joyce[5]

See also

References
  1. http://www.women24.com/Women24/BooksAstrology/News/Article/0,,1-12-68_20471,00.html%5B%5D
  2. "The Boeke Prize". Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  3. https://www.netwerk24.com/Sarie/Argief/david-nicholls-en-sarah-blake-wen-exclusive-books-pryse-20170914
  4. http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2011/10/06/deon-meyer-wins-the-2011-boeke-prize-fanatics-choice-award-for-13-hours/
  5. https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/lifestyle/books/gone-girl-arrives-at-boeke-prize-1394581
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