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Anna Burns wins the €100k International Dublin Literary Award for her novel Milkman

The award is the world’s largest prize for a single novel published in English.

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Oct 22nd 2020, 11:53 AM

Northern Irish writer Anna Burns wins 2018 Man Booker Prize

The judges praised Milkman for its “surprising and immersive prose”.

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Oct 16th 2018, 10:16 PM

Belfast author Anna Burns among Man Booker Prize finalists

Burns has been shortlisted for her novel, Milkman, set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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Sep 20th 2018, 2:21 PM