Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest author to win the International Booker Prize. The 29-year-old Dutch writer was named the winner of the £50,000 prize on Wednesday, alongside Michele Hutchison, who translated The Discomfort Of Evening into English. Expand Close Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Booker Prizes/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (Booker Prizes/PA)Ted Hodgkinson, chairman of the judges, said: “We set ourselves an immense task in selecting a winner from our superb shortlist, filled with fiction bold enough to upend mythic foundations and burst the banks of the novel itself. Expand Close Michele Hutchison (Booker Prizes/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Michele Hutchison (Booker Prizes/PA)A statement from the judges said: “Rijneveld’s language renders the world anew, revealing the shocks and violence of early youth through the prism of a Dutch dairy farm. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best single work of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent August 26, 2020 16:07 UTC