Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins 2020 International Booker prize

 Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins 2020 International Booker prize

Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld on Wednesday won the 2020 International Booker prize for debut novel The Discomfort of Evening, a story of childhood grief.

At 29, Rijneveld is the youngest author to win the prestigious prize.

Rijneveld shares the prize of 50,000 pounds, about $66,000, with Michele Hutchison, who translated it from Dutch

The International Booker Prize is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced in June 2004.
Ceremony date: 26 August 2020
Established: 2005
Reward(s): £50,000
Awarded for: Best book in English translation
First awarded: 2005