David Diop is the first French writer to win the International Booker Prize (Alice Joulot/PA)David Diop has become the first French author to win the International Booker Prize with At Night All Blood Is Black. Alongside translator Anna Moschovakis, he was named as the winner of the award in a virtual ceremony at Coventry Cathedral on Wednesday. Expand Close (International Booker Prize/PA) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp (International Booker Prize/PA)At Night All Blood Is Black tells the story of a young Senegalese soldier’s descent into madness as he fights for France on the Western Front during the First World War. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best single work of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. Last year, the award was run by Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for The Discomfort Of Evening alongside translator Michele Hutchison.

Source: Irish Independent June 02, 2021 17:48 UTC