2019 Booker Prize Winner(s): A Cop-out?
On 14th October 2019 the Booker Prize was awarded to signify a work of outstanding literature as it has been done annually for the last 50 years. However, this year prize was awarded to not one, but two winners: Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other. Though not the first time that the prize has done this, the last time was over two decades ago, when a regulation was put in place stating there could only be one winner. When announcing their decision, the panel stated that this unique circumstance did not come from an…
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