2009 Man Booker Prize

The 2009 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 6 October 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8292488.stm|title=Mantel named Booker Prize winner|publisher=BBC News|access-date=6 October 2009}} The Man Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 2 August,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/aug/02/booker-prize-2009-long-list|title=Eyes on the prize|access-date=2 August 2009|publisher=The Guardian}} and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 8 September.{{Cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/resources/media/pressreleases/2009/09/08/shortlist-2009-man-booker-prize-fiction|title=Shortlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction|access-date=8 September 2009|publisher=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2009/sep/08/booker-prize-sarahwaters|title=The 2009 Man Booker shortlist|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=8 September 2009}} The Man Booker Prize was awarded to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/18/booker-prize-julian-barnes-wins|title=Booker prize 2011: Julian Barnes triumphs at last|access-date=18 October 2011|publisher=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/fiction/2011|title=The Man Booker Prize 2011- The Winner|access-date=2020-04-12|archive-date=2021-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117033537/https://thebookerprizes.com/fiction/2011|url-status=dead}}