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Man Booker Prize

British  

noun

  1. an annual prize for a work of Commonwealth or Irish fiction of £50,000, awarded as the Booker Prize from 1969–2002

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The first two books in the trilogy each won the Man Booker Prize.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2022

“Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” won the Man Booker Prize, making Ms. Mantel the first British writer — and the first woman — to win the honor two times.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

Mantel twice won the Man Booker Prize for 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring up the Bodies', the first two books in the trilogy.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2022

She is a member of a handful of globally acclaimed Somali female writers, including Nadifa Mohamed who was recently shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for her third novel the Fortune Men.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2021

“Little Constructions” is her second novel, written before her widely acclaimed fourth book, “Milkman,” received the Man Booker Prize in 2018.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2020