Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

In its award ceremony and dinner at London’s Guildhall tonight (October 16), the Man Booker Prize for Fiction has named Anna Burns its 2018 winner for her novel from Faber & Faber, Milkman. Burns becomes the first Northern Irish author to win this august accolade, arguably the world’s most coveted honor in literary fiction. She is also the 17th woman to become a Man Booker Prize laureate since the prize was inaugurated in 1969.
In winning the prize, Burns has bested the shortlist’s competition from two American writers, two British authors, and one Canadian. And Faber becomes the fourth independent publisher to win the prize in as many years. The company now stands as the holder of six winners, giving it the second-highest number of winning titles of any publisher. ... [mehr] https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/10/man-booker-prize-for-fiction-2018-winner-anna-burns-faber/

Anna Burns siegt mit "Milkman"

Als erste nordirische Autorin überhaupt ist Anna Burns mit dem Man-Booker-Preis ausgezeichnet worden. Die 56-Jährige konnte den Preis am Dienstagabend für ihren Roman "Milkman" in London von Herzogin Camilla entgegennehmen.

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