British author M. John Harrison, 81, wins 2026 Booker Prize
The gist
British author M. John Harrison, 81, won the 2026 Booker Prize for The End of Everything, taking £50,000.
He is the prize's oldest winner and its reported first science-fiction champion.
How it unfolded
- Sep 22, 2026The 2026 Booker Prize shortlist is announced, including Harrison's The End of Everything.
- Nov 8, 2026Harrison poses with The End of Everything at the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist photo call in London.
- Nov 9, 2026Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize at a ceremony at London's Old Billingsgate; the judges unanimously select the 198-page book and he receives £50,000 ($67,000).
Key terms
- Booker Prize
- Annual literary award given for the best single work of English-language fiction published in the UK or Ireland.
- science-fiction
- A genre of speculative fiction imagining advanced or futuristic changes in technology, science, or biology.
- Pulitzer laureate
- One of 23 annual American awards for journalism, arts and letters, administered by Columbia University.
Source: Wikipedia