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For the first time, an Indian writer has won the International Booker Prize

Indian writer Gitanjali Shri has won the International Booker Prize for her novel 'Sand Tomb'. This was announced Thursday, May 26, by the Irish translator, Frank Wayne, chair of the jury. The book tells the story of an 80-year-old…
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A Frenchman wins a Man Booker prize for a novel about the horrors of World War II

Today, Wednesday, the novel "At Night All Blood is Black", by French writer David Diop, won the Booker International Prize for Fiction. The novel beat five other contenders for the prize, and its author was awarded a $70,000 reward,…
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