List of Man Booker Prize winners

LONDON – Founded in 1969, the Man Booker Prize was previously open to writers from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth, but was expanded in 2014 to include all English-language authors.

This year, Canadians Madeleine Thien and David Szalay were chosen as finalists, but Paul Beatty was named the winner for his novel “The Sellout Man.”

Previous Canadian winners include Margaret Atwood, Yann Martel and Michael Ondaatje.

Here is the complete list of winners:

1969: “Something to Answer For” by P.H. Newby

1970: “The Elected Member” by Bernice Rubens

1971: “In a Free State” by V.S. Naipaul

1972: “G” by John Berger

1973: “The Siege of Krishnapur” by J.G. Farrell

1974: “The Conservationist” by Nadine Gordimer and “Holiday” by Stanley Middleton (tie)

1975: “Heat and Dust” by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1976: “Saville” by David Storey

1977: “Staying On” by Paul Scott

1978: “The Sea, The Sea” by Iris Murdoch

1979: “Offshore” by Penelope Fitzgerald

1980: “Rites of Passage” by William Golding

1981: “Midnight’s Children” by Salman Rushdie

1982: “Schindler’s Ark” by Thomas Keneally

1983: “Life & Times of Michael K” by J.M. Coetzee

1984: “Hotel du Lac” by Anita Brookner

1985: “The Bone People” by Keri Hulme

1986: “The Old Devils” by Kingsley Amis

1987: “Moon Tiger” by Penelope Lively

1988: “Oscar and Lucinda” by Peter Carey

1989: “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro

1990: “Posession” by A.S. Byatt

1991: “The Famished Road” by Ben Okri

1992: “The English Patient” by Michael Ondaatje and “Sacred Hunger” by Barry Unsworth (tie)

1993: “Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha” by Roddy Doyle

1994: “How Late It Was, How Late” by James Kelman

1995: “The Ghost Road” by Pat Barker

1996: “Last Orders” by Graham Swift

1997: “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy

1998: “Amsterdam” by Ian McEwan

1999: “Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee

2000: “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood

2001: “True History of the Kelly Gang” by Peter Carey

2002: “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel

2003: “Vernon God Little” by D.B.C. Pierre

2004: “The Line of Beauty” by Alan Hollinghurst

2005: “The Sea” by John Banville

2006: “The Inheritance of Loss” by Kiran Desai

2007: “The Gathering” by Anne Enright

2008: “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga

2009: “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel

2010: “The Finkler Question” by Howard Jacobson

2011: “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes

2012: “Bring Up the Bodies” by Hilary Mantel

2013: “The Luminaries” by Eleanor Catton

2014: “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” by Richard Flanagan

2015: “A Brief History of Seven Killings” by Marlon James

2016: “The Sellout Man” by Paul Beatty