Yann Martel
Life of Pi
Canongate
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi proved a hugely popular winner, but it was another novel to provoke a plagiarism row with the accusation that Martel had stolen the idea from a Brazilian author, Dr Moacyr Scliar. In his defence Martel said, ‘I saw a premise I liked and told my own story with it.’ This was the first year of the Man Group’s sponsorship, making Martel the first writer to win the Man Booker Prize.
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Shortlisted authors
Rohinton Mistry
Carol Shields
William Trevor |
Sarah Waters
Tim Winton
Judges |
