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John le Carré

David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British author, best known for his espionage novels

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Wang Anyi

Wang Anyi is a Chinese writer, vice-chair of the China Writers Association since 2006 and a professor of Chinese Literature at Fudan University

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The Man Booker International Prize 2005

Albanian author Ismail Kadare was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2005, the very first year of the prize, for his entire body of work

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Mia Couto

António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto, is a Mozambican writer

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Maryse Condé

Born in Guadeloupe in 1934 as the youngest of eight siblings, Maryse Condé was considered the Grande Dame of Caribbean literature

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Hoda Barakat

Hoda Barakat is an award-winning Lebanese novelist

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César Aira

César Aira is an Argentinian writer and translator

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Wen-chin Ouyang

Wen-chin Ouyang is Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at SOAS, University of London.

Type: Judge

Edwin Frank

Edwin Frank is a poet and the founder and editorial director of the New York Review of Books Classics series.

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Elleke Boehmer

Elleke Boehmer is a writer and critic specialising in African and Indian literature in English.