Booker prize

06 Nov 2021 Booker prize

• The Booker Prize for the year 2021 has been given to novelist Damon Galgut, who hails from South Africa.
• He has been given this award for his novel “The Promise”.
• This novel tells the story of a white African family.
• Damon Galgut was also nominated for the Booker Prize in 2003 and 2010.
• This award is a prestigious award given in English literature, it is published in the United Kingdom / Ireland.
• This is the award given to the best English novel.
• It was started in 1969, to encourage novels to be published in English. An amount of 50 thousand pounds is given in this award.
• Last year this award was given to Douglas Stuart (Scotland) for his novel “Shuggy Ban”.

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