International Booker Prize 2020: Judges list announced, includes Jeet Thayil | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

International Booker Prize 2020: Judges list announced, includes Jeet Thayil | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Published: July 12, 2019 5:33:17 pm

International Booker Prize 2020: Judges list announced, includes Jeet Thayil

This year Omani author, Jokha Alharthi's novel Celestial Bodies, translated by Marilyn Booth won the prize. The winning sum was equally divided between the translator and the author.

Indian author Jeet Thayil is on the judging panel for the 2020 International Booker Prize. (Source: File Photo)

The International Booker Prize is considered as one of the most prestigious literary awards; and while there is still time for the long list to be announced for next year, the process has been initiated by sharing the list of judges.