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It’s a tie: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize for Fiction
By Associated Press | London
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2019 10:32 AM IST
Margaret Atwood, 79, is the oldest-ever Booker winner. Bernardine Evaristo, who is of Anglo-Nigerian heritage, is the first black woman to take the trophy. She has published seven previous books.
Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie shortlisted for Booker Prize
By Agence France-Presse | London
UPDATED ON SEP 05, 2019 05:40 PM IST
Canadian author Atwood has been nominated to the six-person list for The Testaments, her hotly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale due out later this month. Rushdie, who is nominated for Quichotte, won the Booker Prize in 1981 for his book Midnight’s Children.