International Man Booker Prize

The second Man Booker International Prize has been awarded to Nigerian author and poet, Chinua Achebe. The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for their achievement in fiction. 2005 saw the awarding of the inaugural prize to Albanian author, Ismail Kadare. The prize is awarded once every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English, or generally available in translation in the English language.