Author Anna Burns on Tuesday became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain\u2019s renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel \u201cMilkman\u201d.<\/p>\n
Judges of the annual award praised the work, an exploration of Northern Ireland\u2019s three decades of sectarian violence told through the voice of a young woman, as \u201cutterly distinctive\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Author Anna Burns on Tuesday became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain\u2019s renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel \u201cMilkman\u201d. Judges of the annual award praised the work, an exploration of Northern Ireland\u2019s three decades of sectarian violence told through the voice of a young woman, as […]<\/p>\n