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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/booker-prize-honour-for-dame-beryl.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Beryl Bainbridge was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize five times but never won" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-booker-prize-honour-for-dame-beryl.jpg" alt="Beryl Bainbridge was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize five times but never won"/></a></p>
<p>An author who missed out on the country&#8217;s most prominent literary prize five times will finally be recognised almost a year after her death.</p>
<p>Dame Beryl Bainbridge, who died last July, was shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize five times but never won.</p>
<p>Organisers are now asking readers to vote for one of her five shortlisted novels to be awarded a special prize called The Man Booker Best of Beryl.</p>
<p>The prize&#8217;s literary director Ion Trewin said: &#8220;Dame Beryl was a very gracious non-winner and no Man Booker dinner was complete without her.</p>
<p>&#8220;She may have been the eternal Booker Bridesmaid but, with this special prize created in her honour, we are delighted to be able finally to crown her a Booker Bride by letting the public choose what they believe to be the best of her books.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bainbridge, who was born in Liverpool, wrote 17 novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television.</p>
<p>Her shortlisted books were The Dressmaker (1973); The Bottle Factory Outing (1974); An Awfully Big Adventure (1990); Every Man for Himself (1996) and Master Georgie (1998).</p>
<p>Her daughter Jojo Davies said: &#8220;Beryl did want to win the Booker very much despite her protests to the contrary. We are glad she is finally able to become a bride, no longer the bridesmaid.&#8221;</p>
<p>An online poll, on the awards website at www.themanbookerprize.com, opens today with the winning novel announced in April.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s prize, awarded to the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland, will be announced in October with the winning author collecting a £50,000 and a boost in sales.</p>
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