By Charlotte McLaughlin, PAIrish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song. He is the sixth Irish author to win the award, worth £50,000 (€57,500), following Iris Murdoch, John Banville, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright and Anna Burns. Paul Lynch has been named as the winner of the 2023 Booker Prize for the novel Prophet Song. “With great vividness, Prophet Song captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment,” she said. “Prophet Song is composed of masterful sentences, and packs a profound emotional punch.”Paul Lynch arrives for the award ceremony.

Source: The Herald November 27, 2023 01:27 UTC