GoKawiilM John Harrison wins 2024 Booker Prize for The End of Everything
M John Harrison, 81, has won the Booker Prize for his postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything, set on a near-future Kent coast. He becomes the oldest Booker winner ever, surpassing Margaret Atwood, and received the £50,000 award at a London ceremony. Judges, led by Mary Beard, said the decision was unanimous.
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Booker Prize Foundation chief Gaby Wood described Harrison as the first winner to emerge from genuine science fiction roots, which could signal wider critical acceptance of genre fiction within literary prize culture. The win also highlights a six-decade career largely built outside mainstream literary recognition, suggesting prize committees may be reassessing how speculative fiction engages with contemporary political and social themes.
- M John Harrison, 81, is the oldest-ever Booker Prize winner
- The End of Everything is his first Booker-nominated novel, despite a 60-year writing career
- Judges called him the first winner to come from the authentic science fiction tradition
Source: theguardian.com — Emma Loffhagen, 2026-11-10
Published there as: “M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize”
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