Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : The Discomfort of Evening
The Correct Answer is "The Discomfort of Evening". - Dutch Author, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won the International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening’.
- Rijneveld became the youngest author to win the prize at the age of 29.
- The book tells the fictional story of Jas, a girl in a devout Christian farming family, whose brother dies in an accident after she wishes he would die instead of her rabbit.
- The book was first published in Dutch in 2018 and eventually translated into English by Michele Hutchison.
- The £50,000 prize ($66,000) will be split equally between the author and translator to give equal recognition to both.
- The International Booker Prize is an international literary award given annually to a book translated to English and published in the UK or Ireland.
- The Prize aims to encourage publishing and reading of quality fiction from all over the world and also to promote the work of translators.
- Both novels and short-story collections are eligible for the prize.
- The Booker prizes are sponsored by Crankstart, a charitable foundation.
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