Paul BeattyThe Sellout tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate servitude and racial segregation in a suburb of Los Angeles.
About Paul Beatty
- Paul Beatty born in Los Angeles in 1962 and he is an author from United States of America (USA) .
- Beatty is a graduate of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California of 1980.
- Paul received a MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College and MA in psychology from Boston University.
- His novels:
- The White Boy Shuffle (1996)
- Tuff (2000) ,
- Slumberland (2008)
- The Sellout (2015)
- In 2016, Betty was awarded with the National Book Critics Circle Award.
About Man Booker Prize
- Man Booker prize for fiction generally known as Booker-McConnell Prize and simply known as Booker Prize.
- This award is world՚s most prestigious English-language literary award.
- Man Booker prize was first given in 1969 and presented by the Man Group.
- This is awarded for Best original novel, written in the English language and published in the UK.
- Only citizens of Commonwealth, Irish, and Zimbabwean were eligible to receive the prize.
- List of 2011 to 2016 winners is:
Table contains shows List of 2011 to 2016 winnersYear | Author | Title | Country |
2011 | Julian Barnes | The Sense of an Ending | UK |
2012 | Hilary Mantel | Bring Up the Bodies | UK |
2013 | Eleanor Catton | The Luminaries | New Zealand |
2014 | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Australia |
2015 | Marlon James | A Brief History of Seven Killings | Jamaica |
2016 | Paul Beatty | The Sellout | USA |
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