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From UR Ananthamurthy to Banu Mushtaq: How Kannada literature finally brought home the Booker
August 29, 2025 3:36 pm
Banu Mushtaq Booker Prize, International Booker 2025 winner: Just as Geetanjali Shree's win made space for Hindi, Ananthamurthy's 2013 Booker nomination prepared the ground for Banu Mushtaq's triumph.
Booker Prize 2023: Indian-origin writer makes longlist
August 02, 2023 6:06 pm
Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane is the tale of 11-year-old Gopi and her struggles to get past herself
Booker Prize semifinalists include 4 Irish writers, 4 debut novelists
August 02, 2023 8:14 am
Sebastian Barry, who has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, is one of four Irish writers to make the longlist for this year's prestigious award
Andrey Kurkov, Maryse Condé on International Booker list
March 15, 2023 10:40 am
The International Booker Prize is awarded every year to a translated work of fiction published in the U.K. or Ireland. It is run alongside the Booker Prize for English-language fiction. Last year’s winners were Indian writer Geetanjali Shree and American translator Daisy Rockwell for “Tomb of Sand.”
Tomb of Sand's Booker win has brought South Asian literature into world's purview, says author Geetanjali Shree
July 11, 2022 1:28 pm
"It is a book about partitions of many different kinds," she said, adding that the award-winning novel can't be boxed into a definite category
Who is International Booker Prize winner Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and what is the book about?
August 27, 2020 5:01 pm
The novel begins with a young girl, Jas, angry for not being allowed to accompany her brother to ice-skating. In a rage, she wishes death upon him. And then, the hastily-thought wish comes true. He dies
International Booker Prize 2020 announced: The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins
August 26, 2020 10:12 pm
The coveted honour is given annually to a book translated to English and published in the UK or Ireland. The award money is divided between the author and the translator.
International Booker Prize 2020 announced; check out which books made it
April 02, 2020 6:26 pm
Every year, the International Booker Prize is awarded to a book published in UK or Ireland and translated in English. This year, the books have been translated from Spanish, German, Dutch, Farsi and Japanese.
Explained: Why the Booker Prize was shared this year
October 16, 2019 8:05 am
2019 Booker prize winners: The chair of judges, Peter Florence quipped: “We tried voting, that didn’t work...There’s a metaphor for our times”.
Man Booker International prize announced; Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies
May 22, 2019 1:06 pm
Celestial Bodies, a compelling tale of love and heartbreak, written in Arabic, is posited in the Omani village of al-Awafi and traces the lives of sisters: Mayya, Asma and Khawla.
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