Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell's novel correcting ‘barefaced misogyny’ wins major €33k prize

Hamnet has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction (Sam Holden Agency)

A novel which set out to correct the “barefaced misogyny” in portrayals of Shakespeare’s wife has scooped the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Derry-born Maggie O’Farrell, 48, has been crowned winner of the 2020 award for her eighth novel Hamnet.