布克奖评委会宣布了2024年度半决赛的13位入选者名单[1]。这份名单从163部小说中精选产生[1]，包括两位前届获奖者：2015年因《A Brief History of Seven Killings》获奖的Marlon James和2020年因《Shuggie Bain》获奖的Douglas Stuart，以及2009年普利策奖得主Elizabeth Strout[1]。评委主席Mary Beard评价这份名单为文学"dynamite"[1]。
本届半决赛入选者年龄跨度显著，其中最年轻的选手是28岁的Djamel White，最年长的选手M. John Harrison已经81岁[1]。评委阵容也颇具特色，包括Pulp乐队主唱Jarvis Cocker和美国小说家Patricia Lockwood[1]。布克奖奖金为50,000英镑（约66,000美元）[1]。
赛程方面，六位决赛入选者将于9月22日公布[1]，最终获奖者将在11月9日的伦敦颁奖典礼上揭晓[1]。
The Booker Prize judging panel has unveiled thirteen semifinalists selected from 163 submitted novels for the 2024 edition of the prestigious literary award [1]. The shortlist features former winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart alongside Pulitzer Prize recipient Elizabeth Strout and ten other contenders [1].
James earned the Booker Prize in 2015 for "A Brief History of Seven Killings," while Stuart claimed the award in 2020 for "Shuggie Bain" [1]. Strout was recognized with the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for "Olive Kitteridge" [1]. The semifinal cohort spans a wide age range, with the youngest entrant Djamel White at twenty-eight years old and the oldest, M. John Harrison, at eighty-one [1]. The judging panel, chaired by Mary Beard who called the list literary "dynamite," includes Pulp band frontman Jarvis Cocker and American novelist Patricia Lockwood [1].
Six finalists will be announced on September 22, with the winner receiving £50,000 (approximately $66,000) and being revealed at a ceremony in London on November 9 [1].