CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilak has been awarded the Booker Prize 2023 for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Indian to win the Booker Prize was the author and activist Arundhati Roy. Her first novel ‘God of Small Things’ was also the best-selling book by a non-expat Indian novelist. She started writing the book in 1992 and completed it four years later, in 1996.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hindi novelist Geetanjali Shree created history by winning the International Booker Prize 2022 for her novel ‘Tomb of Sand’. Her’s is the first novel written in an Indian language, and translated into English, which has won the prestigious award.

Detailed explanation-4: -"’The English Patient’ Wins Best of Man Booker Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 December 2022.