David Diop has become the first French novelist to win the International Booker prize for translated fiction with At Night All Blood Is Black, his first novel translated into English. Chair of judges, the historian Lucy Hughes-Hallett, called At Night All Blood Is Black “an extraordinary novel”. At Night All Blood Is Black was picked as the winner of the International Booker from 125 submitted books. Diop is the first French author and the first of African heritage to win the International Booker. Diop and Moschovakis were announced as the winners in a virtual celebration live streamed from Coventry Cathedral on Wednesday night.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2021 17:26 UTC