Indian-Origin Author Chetna Maroo's Debut Novel 'Western Lane' Shortlisted For Booker Prize 2023
Kenya-born Maroo's novel set within the context of the British Gujarati milieu has been praised by the Booker judges for its use of the sport of squash as a metaphor for complex human emotions.
Sep 22, 2023, 06:56 AM ISTSri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize for fiction
"We are delighted to announce that the WINNER of the #BookerPrize2022 is `The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida` by Shehan Karunatilaka," tweeted The Booker Prizes.
Oct 18, 2022, 07:19 AM ISTGeetanjali Shree's winning moments at International Booker Prize ceremony- In Pics
Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.
May 27, 2022, 11:48 AM ISTSouth African writer Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The Promise'
Damon Galgut had been British bookmakers' runaway favourite to win the 50,000-pound ($69,000) prize with his story of a troubled Afrikaner family and its broken promise to a Black employee, a tale that reflects bigger themes in South Africa's transition from apartheid.
Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo jointly win Booker Prize as jury breaks rules
Margaret Atwood previously won the prize in 2000 for 'The Blind Assassin' and 'The Testaments', published last month. Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the prize, tells the stories of 12 characters, mainly female and black aged 19 to 93, living in Britain in 'Girl, Woman, Other'.
Oct 15, 2019, 07:43 AM ISTPaul Beatty's 'The Sellout' is first US Booker Prize winner
Paul Beatty's "The Sellout," a stinging satire of race and class in the United States, has won the Man Booker Prize -- the first time an American has taken the prestigious fiction award.
Oct 26, 2016, 08:47 AM ISTIndian author Arundhati Roy announces second novel after 20-year gap
Indian author Arundhati Roy announced on Monday that her second novel will be published in 2017 -- 20 years after she won the Booker Prize for her debut one.
Oct 03, 2016, 19:39 PM ISTUS writer Hanya Yanagihara favorite for Booker Prize
Stories of global migration, the digital age and the bonds of friendship are competing for the Booker Prize for fiction, which could get its first American winner on Tuesday.
Oct 14, 2015, 02:07 AM IST