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Detailed explanation-1: -The 29-year-old Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest author ever to win the International Booker prize, taking the award for their “visceral and virtuosic” debut novel, The Discomfort of Evening .

Detailed explanation-2: -Eleanor Catton became the youngest winner in 2013, aged just 28. Previously, Ben Okri held this title, winning in 1991 at the age of 32; Aravind Adiga was 33 when he won in 2008. Salman Rushdie was 34 when he won in 1981. Kiran Desai had been the youngest woman to win the prize in 2006, aged 35.

Detailed explanation-3: -29-year-old Marieke Lucas Rijneveld becomes youngest author to win International Booker Prize.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International Booker Prize. Her novel Tomb of Sand, a family saga set in the shadow of the partition of India, follows an 80-year-old woman after the death of her husband.