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๐ Literary Awards
๐ฌ๐ง Booker Prize
UK's most prestigious literary award for the best novel written in English
UK 1969 Literary Awards
๐ Key Facts
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Awarded annually since 1969 to the best novel written in English published in the UK
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Indian winners include Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things, 1997), Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children, 1981)
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Since 2014, open to novels in English from any country; prize worth ยฃ50,000
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children won the "Booker of Bookers" โ best Booker Prize winner ever
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๐ Literary Awards
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๐ฌ๐ง UK
Year / Era
1969
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UK's most prestigious literary award for the best novel written in English