The finalists

    * Wang Anyi »
    * Juan Goytisolo »
    * James Kelman »
    * John le Carré »
    * Amin Maalouf »
    * David Malouf »
    * Dacia Maraini »
    * Rohinton Mistry »
    * Philip Pullman »
    * Marilynne Robinson »
    * Philip Roth »
    * Su Tong »
    * Anne Tyler »

The prize is worth £60,000 to the winner and is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.

The winner will be announced in May