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The Folio Prize 'suspended' for 2016

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | 7:25 AM

Award, set up as literary antidote to the Booker, will halt its £40,000 prize as hunt for new sponsorship goes on

The Folio prize, set up to challenge a “dumbed down” Man Booker in 2011, is to be suspended for a year while its directors continue to search for a new sponsor.

It was announced in spring that publisher the Folio Society would not be renewing its backing after two years, during which the £40,000 award was won by the short story writer George Saunders and novelist Akhil Sharma.

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