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22 Sep 2023

Indian-Origin Author Chetna Maroo's Debut Novel Shortlisted For Booker Prize 2

Kenya-born Maroo's novel set within the context of the British Gujarati milieu has been praised by the Booker judges for its use of the sport of squash as a metaphor for complex human emotions.

18 Oct 2022

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize for fiction

"We are delighted to announce that the WINNER of the #BookerPrize2022 is `The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida` by Shehan Karunatilaka," tweeted The Booker Prizes.

International Booker prize

27 May 2022

Geetanjali Shree's winning moments at Int'l Booker Prize ceremony- In Pics

Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.

04 Nov 2021

South African writer Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The Promise'

Damon Galgut took the prize on his third time as a finalist, for a book the judges called a 'tour de force' He was previously shortlisted for 'The Good Doctor' in 2003 and 'In a Strange Room' in 2010, but lost both times

15 Oct 2019

Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo jointly win Booker Prize

Margaret Atwood previously won the prize in 2000 for 'The Blind Assassin' and 'The Testaments', published last month. Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the prize, tells the stories of 12 characters, mainly female and black aged 19 to 93, living in Britain in 'Girl, Woman, Other'.

26 Oct 2016

Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is first US Booker Prize winner

Paul Beatty's "The Sellout," a stinging satire of race and class in the United States, has won the Man Booker Prize -- the first time an American has taken the prestigious fiction award.

03 Oct 2016

Indian author Arundhati Roy announces second novel after 20-year gap

Indian author Arundhati Roy announced on Monday that her second novel will be published in 2017 -- 20 years after she won the Booker Prize for her debut one.

global migration

13 Oct 2015

US writer Hanya Yanagihara favorite for Booker Prize

Stories of global migration, the digital age and the bonds of friendship are competing for the Booker Prize for fiction, which could get its first American winner on Tuesday.

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