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Anna Burns wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Irish Author Anna Burns has won the prestigious 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel ‘Milkman’. With this, she became the first Northern Irish author and the first woman since 2013 to win the prize. Milkman is an exploration of Northern Ireland’s three decades of sectarian violence told through the voice of a ..
Topics: Anna Burns • Booker Prize • Ireland • Irish literature • Literary awards • Literature • Man Booker Prize • Milkman • Sectarian violence • Sectarianism
US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
American author George Saunders won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a high-profile literary award for his first full-length novel “Lincoln in the Bardo”. With this, he became second consecutive American writer to win prize after Paul Beatty (for his novel The Sellout), after rules were changed in 2014 to allow authors of any book written ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Awards • George Saunders • Lincoln in the Bardo • Man Booker Prize • Persons in News
Paul Beatty wins 2016 Man Booker Prize
Paul Beatty (54) has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize. With this he becomes the first US author to win this prestigious literary award. He was bestowed with this award for his racial satirical novel ‘The Sellout’ at a ceremony held in London’s Guildhall. His novel tells the story of a young black man who ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Awards • Man Booker Prize • Paul Beatty • Persons in News • United States