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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the Booker Prize winner of 1984, who died on 10 March, 2016
A
Grazyna Miller
B
Anita Brookner
C
Arthur Miller
D
Norman Mailer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kiran Desai, (born September 3, 1971, New Delhi, India), Indian-born American author whose second novel, The Inheritance of Loss (2006), became an international best seller and won the 2006 Booker Prize.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hilary Mantel won in 2009 and 2012 making her the first woman and the first British author to win the prize twice and the first person to win the prize for two novels in a trilogy. Margaret Atwood won first in 2000 and then in 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anita Desai has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times-1980, 1984 and in 1999. She was born in Mussoorie, India and is the author of many novels and short stories.

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