Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel (fiction) written in English. It is imperative to remember the Booker Prize winners, for aspirants of various competitive and government exams as part of their general knowledge preparations.
Hence, the article here provides the List of Booker Prize Winners 2020 along with relevant facts and questions to help you prepare for the exam. Let's have a look at it as well.
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Booker Prize Winners 2020 – Nominees for Shortlist |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Country |
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Diane Cook |
The New Wilderness |
Oneworld Publications |
United States |
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Tsitsi Dangarembga |
This Mournable Body |
Faber & Faber |
Zimbabwe |
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Avni Doshi |
Burnt Sugar |
Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House |
United States |
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Maaza Mengiste |
The Shadow King |
Canongate Books |
Ethiopia / United States |
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Brandon Taylor |
Real Life |
Originals / Daunt Books Publishing |
United States |
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Douglas Stuart |
Shuggie Bain |
Picador / Pan Macmillan |
United Kingdom/United States |
Booker Prize Winner 2020 - Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain)
Booker Prize Winner 2021 - Damon Galgut (The Promise)
Booker Prize Winner 2022 - Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida)
International Booker Prize
The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The vital work of translators is celebrated.
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International Booker Prize Winners 2020 – Nominees for Shortlist |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Translator |
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Shokoofeh Azar (Farsi-Iran) |
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree |
Europa Editions |
Anonymous |
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Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Spanish-Argentina) |
The Adventures of China Iron |
Charco Press |
Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh |
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Daniel Kehlmann (Germany-German) |
Tyll |
Quercus |
Ross Benjamin |
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Fernanda Melchor (Spanish-Mexico) |
Hurricane Season |
Fitzcarraldo Editions |
Sophie Hughes |
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Yoko Ogawa (Japanese-Japan) |
The Memory Police |
Harvill Secker |
Stephen Snyder |
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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Dutch-Netherlands) |
The Discomfort of Evening |
Faber & Faber |
Michele Hutchison |
International Booker Prize Winner 2020 - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Discomfort of Evening)
International Booker Prize Winner 2021 - David Diop ( At Night All Blood Is Black)
International Booker Prize Winner 2022 - Daisy Rockwell (Tomb of Sand)
