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Booker-Prize

Books 3 years ago

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'The state of being lonely': South Korean horror writer shortlisted for Booker

A head pops out of the toilet, a woman gets pregnant from birth control pills -- South Korean Booker Prize nominee Bora Chung's short stories are full of horror, inspired by her own life.

Art & Culture 4 years ago

Kazuo Ishiguro among 13 contenders for 2021 Booker Prize

British author Kazuo Ishiguro could win his second Booker Prize after judges Tuesday named him among 13 finalists on this year's longlist for one of literature's most prestigious awards.

Books 5 years ago

Scottish author Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize for 'Shuggie Bain'

Scottish author Douglas Stuart on Thursday was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize for his acclaimed debut novel "Shuggie Bain", set in his home city of Glasgow.

Books 5 years ago

Four debutants among finalists for UK's Booker Prize

Britain's Booker Prize, whose winner is set to be unveiled on Thursday, this year pits four debut novelists against a pair of established writers for one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.

Books 5 years ago

Four debut novels make 2020 Booker Prize shortlist

Four debut novelists were on Tuesday shortlisted alongside Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga and Ethiopian-American Maaza Mengiste for the Booker Prize for best English-language fiction, to be awarded in November.

Books 5 years ago

Debutants and Americans dominate Booker Prize longlist

Eight debut novelists came up against veterans Hilary Mantel and Tsitsi Dangarembga when Britain unveiled a US-dominated longlist of finalists Tuesday for its revered Booker Prize.

Books 5 years ago

Female authors lead International Booker Prize’s 2020 shortlist

Six international writers have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious literary prize, which is awarded to the best book translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Books 6 years ago

Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is bigger, darker

If “The Handmaid’s Tale” served as the readers’ introduction to the controlling, twisted world of Gilead, then “The Testaments” is the expansion of that narrative.

Books 6 years ago

Margaret Atwood: Five favorite novels

Five key novels by Canada's acclaimed author Margaret Atwood.

Books 6 years ago

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize

Judges tore up the rule book on Monday, awarding the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction jointly to Canadian author Margaret Atwood for "The Testaments" and Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other".

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Booker-Prize

PREMIUM 'The state of being lonely': South Korean horror writer shortlisted for Booker

Kazuo Ishiguro among 13 contenders for 2021 Booker Prize

Scottish author Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize for 'Shuggie Bain'

Four debutants among finalists for UK's Booker Prize

Four debut novels make 2020 Booker Prize shortlist

Debutants and Americans dominate Booker Prize longlist

Female authors lead International Booker Prize’s 2020 shortlist

Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is bigger, darker

Margaret Atwood: Five favorite novels

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize

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'The state of being lonely': South Korean horror writer shortlisted for Booker