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Canadian-Hungarian-British
writer David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel
“Flesh” at a ceremony in London.
¨ The novel tells the story of an ordinary
man’s life over several decades in which what isn’t on the page is just as
important as what is.
¨ On 10 November, Szalay was announced as the
winner of the 50,000-pound award.
¨ Szalay, aged 51, was selected from a total of
153 submitted novels.
¨ The judging panel included Irish writer Roddy
Doyle and “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker.
¨ Szalay was previously shortlisted for the
Booker Prize in 2016 for his book “All That Man Is”.
¨ Last year, Britain’s Samantha Harvey won the
2024 Booker Prize for her novel ‘Orbital’.
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The
Booker Prize was established in 1969 and has established a reputation for
transforming the careers of writers.
