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.
Shortlisted authors
Rohinton Mistry
Carol Shields
William Trevor |
Sarah Waters
Tim Winton
Judges |