- 2023 Booker Prize presented to Irish writer Paul Lynch for the novel ‘Prophet Song.’
- He won the award by beating London-based Indian-origin author Chetna Maru’s debut novel “Western Lane” at a ceremony in London on November 26.
- 46-year-old Lynch won the award for his novel presenting a dystopian vision of Ireland in the grip of totalitarianism, which the author described as an attempt at radical empathy.
- Lynch is the fifth Irish writer to win the award, while the last Irish writer Anna Burns won the award in 2018.
- In 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka had won the Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.’
Booker Prize
- It was launched in 1969.
- It is a literary prize awarded every year for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
- The winner receives £50,000, and £2,500 is given to all the shortlisted authors.