Women dominate shortlist for Man Booker International Prize | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Women dominate shortlist for Man Booker International Prize | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: April 10, 2019 10:40:44 am

Women dominate shortlist for Man Booker International Prize

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who scooped last year's Booker Prize for fiction, was named among five female nominees for this year's prestigious literary award.

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk has been nominated for “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”

This year’s Man Booker International Prize shortlist has five women from around the world. Of the six writers selected, five are female nominees for this year’s prestigious literary award, news agency AFP reported. The British-based prize celebrates the translated English-language versions of novels from around the world.