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Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand 1st Hindi novel to win International Booker

Tomb of Sand', originally Ret Samadhi', is set in northern India and follows an 80-year-old woman in a tale the Booker judges dubbed a "joyous cacophony" and an "irresistible novel".

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Updated On : 27 May 2022 | 7:23 PM IST

Geetanjali Shree's novel first Hindi work to land in Booker Prize long list

he New Delhi-based Shree, born in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, is the author of three novels and several story collections with her work translated into English, French, German, Serbian, and Korean.

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Updated On : 10 Mar 2022 | 8:21 PM IST

South African Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize 2021 for 'The Promise'

"The Promise" is a novel about one white family's reckoning with South Africa's racist history.

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Updated On : 04 Nov 2021 | 8:08 AM IST

Indian-origin Sunjeev Sahota among 13 contenders for fiction's Booker Prize

Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel 'China Room

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Updated On : 27 Jul 2021 | 11:09 AM IST

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart's 'Shuggie Bain' wins 2020 Booker Prize

Stuart, 44, dedicated the book to his mother, who died of alcoholism when he was 16-years-old.

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2020 | 1:40 AM IST

29-year-old Dutch writer becomes youngest to win International Booker Prize

A 29-year-old Dutch writer has become the youngest author to win the International Booker Prize

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Updated On : 27 Aug 2020 | 7:20 AM IST

Booker Prize: Refreshingly diverse longlist with plenty of new writers

Like all other creative industries, publishing has been hit hard by the worldwide pandemic

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Updated On : 30 Jul 2020 | 9:16 AM IST

Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's Burnt Sugar in 2020 Booker Prize longlist

Avni Doshi's "Burnt Sugar" and two titles from Bloomsbury - "Apeirogon" by Colum McCann and "Such a Fun Age" - by Kiley Reid are among the 13 books in the 50,000 pounds Booker Prize 2020 longlist

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Updated On : 29 Jul 2020 | 9:18 AM IST

Books for our times

Ms Atwood quotes science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin to remind us that freedom 'is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one'

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Updated On : 06 May 2020 | 12:04 AM IST

Two women share Booker as jury breaks tradition; Salman Rushdie misses out

British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's tragicomic 'Quichotte' was among the six books shortlisted for the prize

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Updated On : 15 Oct 2019 | 10:22 PM IST

How Booker Prize is just a competition for a small number of big publishers

The real winners are also more likely to be not just any publishers, but those that have already been successful

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Updated On : 18 Oct 2018 | 1:44 PM IST

Israeli novelist David Grossman wins Booker for 'A Horse Walks into A Bar'

The prize was previously a career honour but changed last year to recognise a single book

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Updated On : 15 Jun 2017 | 4:07 PM IST