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- It is the current award of the annual prize for literature covering UK, Irish, American and Commonwealth authors.
- The prize is awarded to novels written in English and published in Ireland or UK.
- The British writer Douglas Stuart wins the UK Booker Prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain.
- The UK Booker Prize 2019 was conferred jointly to Margaret Atwood for ‘The Testaments’ and Bernardine Evaristo for ‘Girl, Woman, Other’.
- It was formerly known as “Booker-McConnell Prize” (1969-2001) and Man Booker Prize (2002-2019).
- In 1997, Arundati Roy of India won the Booker Prize for her Novel “The God of Small Things”.
- For a book, translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland, the International Booker Prize is awarded.
- The 2020 winner of International Booker Prize is Marieke Lucas Rjineveld for the book “The Discomfort of Evening” in the Dutch language.
- It was translated into English by Michele Hutchison.
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