2012 Man Booker Prize overly populist. Whether or not as a response to this, the 2012 jury strongly emphasised the value of literary quality and linguistic innovation as criteria for inclusion. The winner was Hilary Mantel, an early favourite, for her book "Bring Up the Bodies", the sequel to her novel "Wolf Hall", which won the award in 2009. Mantel became the first woman, and the first Briton, to win the prize twice. A strong challenger to Mantel was established writer Will Self, who was nominated for the first time. Other shortlisters included second-time nominee Tan Twan Eng, Deborah Levy, who returned from a
Andrei Dmitriev (writer) Andrei Dmitriev (writer) Andrei Viktorovich Dmitriev (; born 7 May 1956) is a Russian novelist and short story writer. He was awarded the 2012 Russian Booker Prize for his novel "The Peasant and the Teenager". Dmitriev was born in Leningrad in 1956. His first short stories were published in the 1980s. He first became known in Russian literary circles for his novellas "Voskoboev and Elizaveta" (1992) and "The Turn of the River" (1995). He studied literature at Moscow State University withdrawing in 1977 to enroll in the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, graduating in 1982. His works have been published in