For example, across the 55-year existence of the Booker Prize (the leading award for novels written in English), more than 20 Irish authors have made the shortlist—and five have won. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift | Grapevine India, Amazon (book); Justin Dodd, Mental Floss (background)How many authors have lent their name to an entire writing style? There are certainly autobiographical elements on display in Good Behaviour, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981. The novel won the Booker Prize during the year of its publication. Room by Emma Donoghue (2010)'Room' by Emma Donoghue | Bay Bay Books, Amazon (book); Justin Dodd, Mental Floss (background)Donoghue made a bold narrative choice for this intense yet sobering novel.