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Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins International Booker Prize
10:38 CAT | 27 Aug 2020
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Dutch poet and writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest person ever to win the International Booker Prize.
Rijneveld’s novel, The Discomfort of Evening, is about a devout Christian family that lives in a Dutch rural community.
At 29, Rijneveld is the youngest recipient of the award, with the 55,000 euro prize split between Rijneveld and translator, Michele Hutchison.
The novel was described as “a tender and visceral evocation of a childhood caught between shame and salvation” by Ted Hodgkinson, the chair of the judging panel.
WE WON!!! With @M_Hutchison 🏆🏆🏆🏆❤️❤️❤️❤️👑👑👑 pic.twitter.com/s0Y635uj7q
— Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (@mariek1991) August 26, 2020
The International Booker Prize, which is separate to the Booker Prize, is awarded annually to a book that has been translated into English.
This year the judges considered 124 books, translated from 30 languages.
Source: Euronews
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