Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest International Booker Prize winner

The book beat works including including Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police, Daniel Kehlmann’s Tyll and Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor.

The International Booker Prize (Booker Prizes/PA)

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest author to win the International Booker Prize.

The 29-year-old Dutch writer was named the winner of the £50,000 prize on Wednesday, alongside Michele Hutchison, who translated The Discomfort Of Evening into English.