INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Flashcards

1
Q

WHY IN NEWS?

A

AWARDS GIVEN TO BEST READER BOOKS WAS ANNOUNCED IN 2022

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WHAT WAS INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE PREVIOUSLY CALLED? WHICH YEAR?

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MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE HOSTED BY UK

JUNE 2004

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WHAT ARE THE REWARDS? WHICH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION IS SUPPORTING THE BOOKER PRIZE?

A

50000 CASH PRIZE

CRANKSTART

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THE FORMER MAN BOOKER PRIZE WAS OPEN TO WRITERS FROM WHICH PLACE? AND WHAT WAS THE AWARD WORTH?

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COMMONWEALTH , IRELAND , ZIMBABWE

60,000 EUROS

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MAN BOOKER PRIZE HAD A SEPARATE AWARD FOR THE TRANSLATORS WORTH?

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15,OOO EURO

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WHO WILL JUDGE THE 2022 PRIZE?

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FRANK WYNNE ( CHAIR)
MERVE EMRE 
PETINA GAPPAH
VIV GRSKOP 
JEREMY TIANG
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WHICH BOOK BY GEETANJLI SHREE WAS TRANSLATED FROM HINDI BY DAISY ROCKWELL

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TOMB OF SAND

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the previous awards were awarded as MANN BOOKER PRIZE given for best novels ONLY IN _______ and the previous Indian winners were?

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English;
1997- arundathi roy - god of small things
2006- kiran Desai for the inheritance of loss
2008- Arvind Adiga for white tiger 🐯

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