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Arts Oct 14

Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Arts Oct 16

Man Booker Prize awarded to ‘Milkman’ author Anna Burns

Burns won the prestigious honor Tuesday for her vibrant, violent story about men, women, conflict and power set during Northern Ireland's years of Catholic-Protestant violence.

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Arts Oct 17

George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for a genre-bending ghost story

Texas-born author George Saunders, known for his short story collections, is the winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his first full-length novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo.” Saunders’ novel focuses on a night in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln…

By Joshua Barajas

Arts Oct 25

Paul Beatty wins Man Booker Prize with ‘The Sellout,’ a sendup of race in America

Beatty is the first American ever to win the award in its 48-year history.

By Joshua Barajas

Arts Jan 04

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Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James on the voice of reggae

Marlon James, author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings," is the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize. James sat down with Jeffrey Brown at the Miami Book Fair to discuss his story, set in the 1970s…

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Oct 13

Marlon James becomes first Jamaican-born author to win Man Booker prize

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

Marlon James is the first Jamaican-born writer to win the 2015 Man Booker prize for Fiction. James’ book, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," explores gang violence in Jamaica through the lens of the attempted killing of Bob Marley in…

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Sep 15

First-time novelist, first Jamaican among Booker Prize shortlist authors

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

First-time novelist Chigozie Obioma and Jamaican writer Marlon James are among the six authors who have been shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize. The other shortlisted authors are Tom McCarthy (“Satin Island”), Sunjeev Sahota (“The Year of the Runaways”),…

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Jul 29

Man Booker Prize unveils 2015 longlist

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction this morning released its longlist of 13 titles that will compete for the world's most prestigious award for fiction written in English.

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Jun 01

Why do books about women rarely win top literary prizes?

By Joshua Barajas

Acclaimed author Nicola Griffith sifted through 15 years of prize-winning books for fiction and found that several of the top literary prizes have rarely awarded anything written from a women's point of view.

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Nov 11

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Booker Prize winner Catton finds harmony in novel’s mix of mystery and astrology

Booker Prize winner Catton finds harmony in novel's mix of mystery and astrology…

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