11 October 2006
Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced
Kiran Desai was named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Inheritance of Loss.
The Indian-born writer, who is the youngest ever woman to win the prize, has a strong family tie with the prize as her mother Anita Desai has been shortlisted three times since 1980 but has never won.
Author of the 1998 universally praised Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, Desai is the first woman to win the Man Booker since 2000 when Margaret Atwood scooped the prize with The Blind Assassin. Her winning book, The Inheritance of Loss, is a radiant, funny and moving family saga and has been described by reviewers as ‘the best, sweetest, most delightful novel’.
Taken from the press release at http://www.themanbookerprize.com
The Indian-born writer, who is the youngest ever woman to win the prize, has a strong family tie with the prize as her mother Anita Desai has been shortlisted three times since 1980 but has never won.
Author of the 1998 universally praised Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, Desai is the first woman to win the Man Booker since 2000 when Margaret Atwood scooped the prize with The Blind Assassin. Her winning book, The Inheritance of Loss, is a radiant, funny and moving family saga and has been described by reviewers as ‘the best, sweetest, most delightful novel’.
Taken from the press release at http://www.themanbookerprize.com
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