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The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. When was the Man Booker Prize instituted?
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1969
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The Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, was instituted in 1969. It was originally known as the Booker-McConnell Prize and later simply as the Booker Prize before becoming the Man Booker Prize when Man Group sponsorship began in 2002. The prize recognizes the best original novel written in English and published in the UK by authors from Commonwealth countries, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.