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 Strout1。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 Lockwood1。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.
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