Man Booker International Prize

Omanis have hailed writer Jokha Alharthi's "historical achievement" and praised her for bringing "honor" to their Gulf nation after she became the first Arab author to win the Man Booker International prize.

Jokha Alharthi on May 21 became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel "Celestial Bodies" which reveals her Omani homeland's post-colonial transformation.

An English translation of Polish novel "Flights," which interweaves narratives of travel with explorations of the human body, was on May 22 named as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize.

"A Strangeness in My Mind" by Turkey's Nobel laureate writer Orhan Pamuk is among the six books shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for literature announced on April 14. The longlist for the prize included books from 155 writers from 12 countries in nine different languages.

Turkey's Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk has been nominated for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for his novel "Kafamda Bir Tuhafl?k" (A Strangeness in My Mind). 

The prize celebrates the best in global fiction, with 13 books in contention. The longlist for the prize included books from 155 writers 12 different countries in nine different languages.