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Youngest Author To Win International Booker Prize

  • 29 Aug 2020

  • At the age of 29, Dutch Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld became the youngest to win the 2020 International Booker Prize for her literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’.
  • The Book was first published in Dutch in 2018 and eventually translated into English by Michele Hutchison. 
  • The International Booker prize is separate from the main Booker Prize.
  • The International Booker 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, with the prize money divided equally between the author and translator.