From The New Indian Express
Center Owned by Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.‘The End of Everything’ by M John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction
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British author M John Harrison, an 81‑year‑old science‑fiction writer, won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel ‘The End of Everything’. The award was announced at a ceremony in London on Monday, November 9, where he beat five other shortlisted authors. At 81, Harrison becomes the oldest writer to receive the prestigious literary honour, capping a writing career that has spanned 60 years.
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London: British author M John Harrison was named the winner of the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian satire ‘The End of Everything’ at a ceremony here on Monday night. Aged 81, Harrison becomes the oldest author to win the prestigious literary prize after a writing career spanning 60 years. Just…
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London: British author M John Harrison was named the winner of the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian satire ‘The End of Everything’ at a ceremony in London. Aged 81, Harrison becomes the oldest author to win the prestigious literary prize after a writing career spanning 60 years. Just 198 pages…
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LONDON: British author M John Harrison won the 2026 Booker Prize on Monday (November 09) night for "The End of Everything", a dystopian satire that the judges called a book that leaves you with "a twinge of optimism" about the world. At 81, Harrison becomes the oldest winner of the prize, after a…
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LONDON: British writer M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “The End of Everything,” a satirical dystopian novel whose themes of “catastrophe and apocalypse” chime with our uneasy times. It's the first work of science fiction to take the prestigious 50,000 pound ($67,000…
