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2022 Booker Prize
British literary award given in 2022 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Booker Prize is a literary award given for the best English novel of the year. The 2022 award was announced on 17 October 2022, during a ceremony hosted by Sophie Duker at the Roundhouse in London.[1][2][3][4] The longlist was announced on 26 July 2022.[5] The shortlist was announced on 6 September.[6] Leila Mottley, at 20, was the youngest longlisted writer to date, and Alan Garner, at 87, the oldest.[7] The majority of the 13 titles were from independent publishers.[8] The prize was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka for his novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, receiving £50,000. He is the second Sri Lankan to win the prize, after Michael Ondaatje.[9]
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