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Booker Prize Pits Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Against 4 Emerging Stars
Britain's storied Booker Prize will pit literary giants Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie against four emerging stars when it unveils the winner on Monday on its 50th anniversary award.
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Northern Irish Author Anna Burns Wins 2018's Man Booker Prize
"Milkman" by writer Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel.
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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul from Trinidad who penned comic masterpieces of island life before turning to the larger world, traveling from South America to Africa and Asia for richly detailed works on postcolonial states, died Aug. 11 at his home in London. He was 85.
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Submissions For 2018's Man Booker Prize Were Highest In 50-Year-Period
From a staggering 171 submissions -- the highest number of titles put forward in the Man Booker Prize's 50 year history -- 13 novels, which capture facets of a world on the brink, have been longlisted for the 2018 edition of the much-coveted 50,000 pound literary award.
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Paul Beatty Becomes First US Author To Win Man Booker Prize
Paul Beatty became the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize -- the world's most prestigious English-language literary award -- for his novel "The Sellout" on Tuesday.
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Man Booker Prize Celebrates Daring Authors
Six authors are vying for the Man Booker Prize, the world's most prestigious English-language literary award to be announced today, in a shortlist celebrated for taking risks and tackling tough subjects.
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Jamaican Author Marlon James Wins Man Booker Prize 2015
Marlon James made literary history by becoming the first Jamaican author to win the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book 'A Brief History of Seven Killings'.
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Booker Prize Has Become Tougher, More Covetable: Anuradha Roy
Expansion of the Man Booker Prize ambit to include authors from all over the world has made the prestigious literary prize "much tougher and more covetable" says Anuradha Roy, the only Indian author longlisted for it this year.
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Indian Among 13 Authors Long-Listed for 2015 Booker
Indian author Anuradha Roy and British-Indian Sunjeev Sahota are among 13 international authors long-listed for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, the prestigious literary prize committee announced London on Wednesday.
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4 Indian-Origin Authors Long-Listed for UK's Folio Prize
Four Indian-origin authors including the Kolkata-born Neel Mukherjee, who lost out on this year's Booker Prize, have been long-listed for a prestigious British literary prize.
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Neel Mukherjee's Novel in Booker Prize Shortlist
Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centres around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014, in its debut as a global literary award.
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Indian-Origin Author in Booker Prize Longlist
Neel Mukherjee, a Kolkata-born British citizen, yesterday emerged as the only Indian-origin writer to be named in this year's Man Booker Prize longlist of authors vying for the prize in its debut as a global literary award.
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Hilary Mantel wins second Booker Prize for Tudor saga
British writer Hilary Mantel won the prestigious Booker literary prize for a second time on Tuesday with her blood-soaked Tudor saga "Bring Up the Bodies," which the head of the judging panel said had "rewritten the book" on historical fiction.
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India dominates Man Asian book prize shortlist
An unprecedented seven authors, including three from India and writers from Pakistan, South Korea, Japan and China, will compete for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.
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Booker Prize Pits Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Against 4 Emerging Stars
Britain's storied Booker Prize will pit literary giants Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie against four emerging stars when it unveils the winner on Monday on its 50th anniversary award.
-
Northern Irish Author Anna Burns Wins 2018's Man Booker Prize
"Milkman" by writer Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel.
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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul from Trinidad who penned comic masterpieces of island life before turning to the larger world, traveling from South America to Africa and Asia for richly detailed works on postcolonial states, died Aug. 11 at his home in London. He was 85.
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Submissions For 2018's Man Booker Prize Were Highest In 50-Year-Period
From a staggering 171 submissions -- the highest number of titles put forward in the Man Booker Prize's 50 year history -- 13 novels, which capture facets of a world on the brink, have been longlisted for the 2018 edition of the much-coveted 50,000 pound literary award.
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Paul Beatty Becomes First US Author To Win Man Booker Prize
Paul Beatty became the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize -- the world's most prestigious English-language literary award -- for his novel "The Sellout" on Tuesday.
-
Man Booker Prize Celebrates Daring Authors
Six authors are vying for the Man Booker Prize, the world's most prestigious English-language literary award to be announced today, in a shortlist celebrated for taking risks and tackling tough subjects.
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Jamaican Author Marlon James Wins Man Booker Prize 2015
Marlon James made literary history by becoming the first Jamaican author to win the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book 'A Brief History of Seven Killings'.
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Booker Prize Has Become Tougher, More Covetable: Anuradha Roy
Expansion of the Man Booker Prize ambit to include authors from all over the world has made the prestigious literary prize "much tougher and more covetable" says Anuradha Roy, the only Indian author longlisted for it this year.
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Indian Among 13 Authors Long-Listed for 2015 Booker
Indian author Anuradha Roy and British-Indian Sunjeev Sahota are among 13 international authors long-listed for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, the prestigious literary prize committee announced London on Wednesday.
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4 Indian-Origin Authors Long-Listed for UK's Folio Prize
Four Indian-origin authors including the Kolkata-born Neel Mukherjee, who lost out on this year's Booker Prize, have been long-listed for a prestigious British literary prize.
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Neel Mukherjee's Novel in Booker Prize Shortlist
Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centres around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014, in its debut as a global literary award.
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Indian-Origin Author in Booker Prize Longlist
Neel Mukherjee, a Kolkata-born British citizen, yesterday emerged as the only Indian-origin writer to be named in this year's Man Booker Prize longlist of authors vying for the prize in its debut as a global literary award.
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Hilary Mantel wins second Booker Prize for Tudor saga
British writer Hilary Mantel won the prestigious Booker literary prize for a second time on Tuesday with her blood-soaked Tudor saga "Bring Up the Bodies," which the head of the judging panel said had "rewritten the book" on historical fiction.
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India dominates Man Asian book prize shortlist
An unprecedented seven authors, including three from India and writers from Pakistan, South Korea, Japan and China, will compete for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.
