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Booker Prize Winner 2020 Booker Prize - Key facts 1. The Booker Prize for Fiction was formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019). It was first awarded in 1969. 2. Its aim was to stimulate the reading and discussion of contemporary fiction 3. In 1970, Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize, for . 4. The younger sibling of Booker Prize is the International Booker Prize which is given for fiction in translation. What is the Booker Prize? The Booker Prize is a leading literary award in the English speaking world. The prize has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over 50 years. It is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or . Booker Prize Winner 2020 1. The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020. 2. The Booker Prize 2020 was awarded to for his , . 3. Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the Booker Prize, after it was awarded to for How Late It Was, How Late in 1994. The winner receives £50,000 as well as the £2,500 awarded to each of the six shortlisted authors. Both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a global readership plus a dramatic increase in book sales. The Nominees for Shortlist Authors are as follows- Booker Prize Winners 2020 - Nominees for Shortlist

Author Title Publisher Country

Diane Cook The New Wilderness Tsitsi This Mournable Faber & Faber Zimbabwe Dangarembga Body Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar Hamish Hamilton / Penguin United States Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King Canongate Books Ethiopia / United States

Brandon Taylor Real Life Originals / Daunt Books Publishing United States

Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain / Pan Macmillan /United States

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The International Booker Prize Winner 2020 International Booker Prize - Key facts 1. The International Booker Prize was previously known as The Man Booker International Prize. It was established in 2005. 2. The Booker prize is honoured for finest in fiction while the International Booker Prize is honoured for finest fiction translated in English and published in the UK or Ireland. 3. It honours fiction on a global basis to encourage more reading of quality fiction from all over the world. What is the International Booker Prize? The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The vital work of translators is celebrated. International Booker Prize Winner 2020 1. 2020 international Booker prize winner is Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Netherlands) for her work ‘The Discomfort of Evening’, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison (Faber & Faber) The prize money of £50,000 for the International Booker prize is divided equally between the author and translator. Each shortlisted author and translator also receives £1,000. The Nominees for Shortlist Authors for International Booker Prize 2020 are as follows- International Booker Prize Winners 2020 - Nominees for Shortlist

Author Title Publisher Translator

Shokoofeh Azar (Farsi-Iran) The Enlightenment of the Europa Editions Anonymous Greengage Tree Gabriela Cabezón Cámara The Adventures of China Charco Press Iona Macintyre and (Spanish-Argentina) Iron Fiona Mackintosh Daniel Kehlmann (Germany- Tyll Quercus Ross Benjamin German) Fernanda Melchor (Spanish- Hurricane Season Fitzcarraldo Sophie Hughes Mexico) Editions Yoko Ogawa (Japanese- The Memory Police Harvill Secker Stephen Snyder Japan) Marieke Lucas Rijneveld The Discomfort of Evening Faber & Faber Michele Hutchison (Dutch-Netherlands) Candidates preparing for various competitive exams can go through the links for relevant information- List of Bharat Ratna Awardees From List of Awards in List of Padma Award

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List of Booker Prize Winners 2010 to 2020 The table below highlights the winners of the Booker Prize award for previous years from 2010 to 2019. List of Booker Prize Winners [2019-2010] Year Author Title/Work Publisher 2019 Vintage, Chatto & Windus 2018 Faber & Faber 2017 2016 Oneworld Publications 2015 A Brief History of Seven Killings Oneworld Publications 2014 The Narrow Road to the Deep North Chatto & Windus 2013 2012 Fourth Estate 2011 Jonathan Cape 2010 Bloomsbury

List of International Booker Prize Winners [2019-2016] This table highlights the previous year's winners of the International Booker prize. It will give the name of the author, their work and, translators (who translated in English) and publisher. List of International Booker Prize Winners - [2016-2019] Year Author Country Work Translator Language 2019 Jokha al-Harthi Oman Celestial Bodies Marilyn Booth Arabic 2018 Poland Flights Jennifer Croft Polish 2017 David Grossman Israel A Horse Walks Into a Bar Jessica Cohen Hebrew 2016 Han Kang South Korea The Vegetarian Deborah Smith Korean Aspirants can check similar articles to gear up their preparation for the exams. 1. Tennis Grand Slam Winners 2020 2. FIFA World Cup Winners 3. IPL Winners List 4. ICC Cricket World Cup Winners 5. List of First in India 6. Fathers of various Fields

List of Indians Who Won the Booker Prize The booker prize is honoured not to any author but to a specific work of fiction. The table below highlights the list of Indians or persons from Indian descent who have been honoured with the Booker prize award.

Booker Prize Winners - Indians

Year Work/Book Author

1971 V.S. Naipaul

1981 Midnight’s Children

1997

2006

2008 The White Tiger Candidates preparing for various exams can go through the following links for their preparation-  Government Exams Mock Tests  Government Exam Previous Year Question Papers