U.
K.‘s Women Prize for Fiction
·
It is
one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes.
·
It
is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original
full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the
preceding year
·
It
is previously called as Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12),
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for
Fiction (2014-2017)
·
£30,000
award for “excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women in
English from throughout the world”
Shortlisted
for 2018 Award:
|
#
|
Name
|
Book
|
Country
|
|
1
|
Arundhati
Roy
|
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
|
India
|
|
2
|
Meena
Kandasamy
|
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the
Writer as a Young Wife
|
India
|
|
3
|
Nicola
Barker
|
H(a)ppy
|
UK
|
|
4
|
Kamila
Shamsi
|
Home Fire
|
British
Pakistani
|
|
5
|
Elif
Batuman
|
The Idiot
|
USA
|
|
6
|
Joanna
Cannon
|
Three Things About Elise
|
UK
|
|
7
|
Charmaine
Craig
|
Miss Burma
|
USA
|
|
8
|
Jennifer
Egan
|
Manhattan Beach
|
USA
|
|
9
|
Imogen
Hermes Gowar
|
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
|
Australia
|
|
10
|
Jessie
Greengrass
|
Sight
|
UK
|
|
11
|
Gail
Honeyman
|
Elenor Oliphant is Completely Fine
|
UK
|
|
12
|
Fiona
Mozley
|
Elmet
|
UK
|
|
13
|
Sarah
Schmidt
|
See What I Have Done
|
USA
|
|
14
|
Rachel
Seiffert
|
A Boy in Winter
|
UK
|
|
15
|
Kit
de Waal
|
The Trick to Time
|
UK
|
|
16
|
Jesmyn
Ward
|
Sing, Unburied, Sing
|
USA
|
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