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What is the Booker Prize?
- A major literary prize awarded annually for the best novel written in English
- An award for the best British television programme
- A prestigious award for British scientific achievement
- A prize for outstanding contribution to British cinema
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The Booker Prize, formally the Booker Prize for Fiction, is awarded annually for the best original novel written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. It is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English-speaking world. Previous winners include authors such as Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro and Hilary Mantel.