Young Dutch Writer Snatches The 2020 International Booker Prize
Yesterday the 2020 International Booker Prize announced its winner. This year it was handed to the youngest writer to win this prize - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for her novel The Discomfort of Evening translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison. The Discomfort of Evening was chosen from a shortlist of six books. According to the Chair of the judges, Ted Hodgkinson: "We set ourselves an immense task in selecting a winner from our superb shortlist, filled with fiction bold enough
