Jokha Alharthi from Oman wins Man Booker International Prize 2019

22 May 2019

Jokha Alharthi from Oman wins Man Booker International Prize 2019

Jokha Alharthi from Oman won this year’s Man Booker International Prize for her book for Celestial Bodies.

She is the first female Omani novelist to win the prize.
 	Also, this is the first time an Arabic book has won the prize.
 	The book was translated into English by Marilyn Booth.
 	The prize money of £50,000 prize will be shared by the author and the translator.
 	Celestial Bodies is published by Inverness’s Sandstone Press.
 	The novel tells the story of three sisters and a desert country.
 	"Celestial Bodies would help international readers discover that Oman has an active and talented writing community who live and work for their art”, said Ms. Alharthi.

Man Booker International Prize and Man Booker Prize

The Man Booker International Prize recognises the best fiction translated into English, from around the world.
 	The Man Booker Prize is awarded for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom.
 	Both the Man Booker Prize and Man Booker International are sponsored by Man Group.
 	Earlier this year, Man Group announced that they are ending the sponsorship of the prize by this year-end.

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