<P> The inaugural winner was Albanian writer Ismail Kadare . He was followed by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in 2007, and two years later the Canadian writer Alice Munro won the award . In 2011 the prize was awarded to American Philip Roth . Praising its concerted judgement, the journalist Hephzibah Anderson noted that the Man Booker International Prize was "fast becoming the more significant award, appearing an ever more competent alternative to the Nobel". </P> <P> In 2015 it was announced that the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize would be disbanded . The prize money from that award would be folded into the Man Booker International Prize, and the latter would become what the Independent prize used to be: a yearly book award for English translations, with the prize split between author and translator . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Work </Th> <Th> Translator </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Language (s) </Th> <Th> Literary tradition </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Ismail Kadare </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Albania </Td> <Td> Albanian </Td> <Td> Albanian literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Chinua Achebe </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Nigerian literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Alice Munro </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Canadian literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Philip Roth </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> American literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Lydia Davis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> American literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> László Krasznahorkai </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet </Td> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> Hungarian </Td> <Td> Hungarian literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Han Kang </Td> <Td> The Vegetarian </Td> <Td> Deborah Smith </Td> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> Korean </Td> <Td> Korean literature, South Korean literature </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> David Grossman </Td> <Td> A Horse Walks Into a Bar </Td> <Td> Jessica Cohen </Td> <Td> Israel </Td> <Td> Hebrew </Td> <Td> Israeli literature </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Work </Th> <Th> Translator </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Language (s) </Th> <Th> Literary tradition </Th> </Tr>

Who won the 2017 man booker international prize