GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each shortlisted author and translator receives £1, 000. Its aim is to encourage publishing and reading of quality works in translation and to highlight the work of translators. Judges select a longlist of ten books in March, followed by a shortlist of five in April, with the winner announced in May.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arundhati Roy was the First Indian 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -International Booker Prize is given to an author for their work written in an international language, then translated into English. Meanwhile, Booker Prize is awarded to a book/novel written in English.