Youngest Author To Win International Booker Prize

• 29 Aug 2020

• At the age of 29, Dutch Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld became the youngest to win the 2020 International Booker Prize for her literary fiction book ‘The Discomfort of Evening’.
• The Book was first published in Dutch in 2018 and eventually translated into English by Michele Hutchison. 
• The International Booker prize is separate from the main Booker Prize.
• The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The vital work of translators is celebrated, with the prize money divided equally between the author and translator.