Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest International Booker Prize winner

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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest International Booker Prize winner
The International Booker Prize (Booker Prizes/PA)
Wed, 26 Aug, 2020 - 17:12
Tom Horton, 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.

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