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Detailed explanation-1: -With the aid of her translator Marilyn Booth, Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani writer to be translated into English, also became the first Arab writer to win the prize.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani novelist to be translated into English, has won the Man Booker International prize for her novel Celestial Bodies.

Detailed explanation-3: -2019 Booker Prize Shortlist Features Finalists Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Atwood made the list for her sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, and Rushdie for his reimagining of Don Quixote. Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak, Lucy Ellmann and Bernardine Evaristo round out the finalists.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 14 October 2019. The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 23 July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 3 September. The Prize was awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other.

Detailed explanation-5: -Arundhati Roy became the first Indian citizen to win the Booker Prize. ‘God of Small Things’ book won her a booker prize in 1997. Booker prize is awarded each year for the best novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.