Overview

• The five-member jury is chaired by British author Natasha Brown and comprises Indian novelist and critic Nilanjana S. Roy, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, translator Sophie Hughes and Kenyan writer-editor Troy Onyango.
• Nilanjana S. Roy brings insight from her work in South Asian fiction and criticism as a Delhi-based novelist, journalist and literary critic.
• The International Booker Prize honors outstanding translated fiction worldwide by celebrating both original authors and the translators who bring their stories to new audiences.
• Roy described judging the prize as a deeply meaningful act of generosity and connection that forges kinship across cultures.
• The prize awards £50,000 to the winning author and translator split equally, while each shortlisted title’s author and translator receive £5,000.