Samantha Harvey Wins Booker Prize for Fiction with 'Orbital'
| Heading | Details |
|---|---|
| Why in News | British writerSamantha Harveywon theBooker Prize for Fictionfor her novel"Orbital", a short novel set in space that reflects on Earth's fragility. |
| Awards | Booker Prize for Fiction |
| Edition | 2023 |
| By Whom | Awarded by theBooker Prize Foundation, a UK-based organisation. |
| To Whom | Samantha Harveyfor her novel"Orbital" |
| Year | 2023 |
| Last Winner | Paul Lynch, an Irish writer, won the Booker Prize in 2022 for his novel"Prophet Song". |
| If International, Any Indian Winner in Past | The Booker Prize is open toEnglish-languagewriters of any nationality.Indian Winners:Salman Rushdie(1981),Arundhati Roy(1997),Kiran Desai(2006),Aravind Adiga(2008),Yann Martel(2002) (forLife of Pi) |
| Amount | £50,000(approximately$64,000) for the winner. |
| Organisation Facts | The Booker Prize is a literary award presented annually for the bestoriginal novel written in Englishand published in the UK or Ireland. |
| Eligibility of Award to be Given | The award is given tonovels written in Englishandpublished in the UK or Ireland. It is open to any nationality. |
| From Which Year It Is Given | TheBooker Prizehas been awarded since1969. |