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Sri Lanka's Stephen Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'

Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’

Art & Culture October 20, 2022

Stephen Karunatilaka’s ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ is a satire set in Srilanka in the backdrop of the civil war

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Booker Prize Shortlist 2022- here are the six selected books

Book Reviews October 1, 2022

Six fiction works by authors from five nations and four continents make up the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist. The Booker…

Hilary Mantel, a two-time Booker Prize winner, has died at the age of 70. Hilary Mantel, a British novelist who won the Booker prize twice and also bagged the Walter Scott prize and Costa Novel prize for her literary works, died at 70 after suffering a stroke. Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British author who wrote 12 novels, including "Wolf Hall," "Bring Up the Bodies," and "Beyond Black," as well as two short story collections, a personal memoir, and numerous articles. Hilary Mantel’s Literary Career • Every Day Is Mother’s Day (1985) – a black comedy • A Place of Greater Safety (1992) - a comprehensive account of the French Revolution. • A Change of Climate (1994), considered as one of her notable books-about British missionaries in South Africa. • Giving Up the Ghost, an autobiographical memoir, was released in 2003. • Wolf Hall (2009) – historical fiction-documenting the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of King Henry VIII. • Bring Up the Bodies (2012) – a sequel to Wolf Hall, about Cromwell’s role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn. • The Mirror & the Light (2020) – final trilogy-Cromwell’s rising and falling. The Booker Prize The prestigious British literary prize is awarded annually for the best novel written in English. The work should be published in either the United Kingdom or Ireland. Hilary Mantel is the first British novelist to win the prestigious Booker prize twice. 1. Wolf Hall - 2009. 2. Bring Up the Bodies- 2012 Hilary Mantel, the most celebrated British author died as a result of a stroke.

Hilary Mantel: A two-time Booker Prize winner, died at the age of 70.

World News September 24, 2022

Hilary Mantel, a two-time Booker Prize winner, died at the age of 70. Hilary Mantel, a British novelist who…

Book Review: Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

‘Burnt Sugar’ Book Review: How unresolved trauma from parents re-surfaces unhinged

Book Reviews May 11, 2022

Does the wound of daughter turn into something else if left unattended ? -Lidia Yuknavitch A few pages into the…

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