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Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo OBE FRSL FRSA (born 28 May 1959) is an English author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood 's The Testaments , making her the first Black woman to win the Booker.
Girl, Woman, Other is the eighth novel by Bernardine Evaristo. Published in 2019 by Hamish Hamilton, it follows the lives of 12 characters in the United Kingdom over the course of several decades. The book was the co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize, alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments.
The 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 14 October 2019. [1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 23 July, [2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 3 September. [3] The Booker Prize was awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other. This was the first time ...
At 79, Atwood is the oldest ever Booker winner, while Evaristo, 60, is the first black woman ever to win the award. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
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Warner told The Times earlier this year that she had called for the society to speak out, however the then newly appointed president and Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo allegedly told her ...
[45] The two were British writer Bernardine Evaristo for her novel Girl, Woman, Other and Canadian writer Margaret Atwood for The Testaments. Evaristo's win marked the first time the Booker had been awarded to a black woman, while Atwood's win, at 79, made her the oldest winner. [46] [47] Atwood had also previously won the prize in 2000.
The Testaments was a joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize, alongside Bernardine Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other. [4] It was also voted 'Best Fiction' novel in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019, winning by over 50,000 votes. [5]