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The Booker Prize and Nobel winners

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Modern British and Commonwealth writing is recognised by major prizes. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded each year for the best novel by an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe, and it has been given since 1968. Winning the prize often brings a writer worldwide attention.

On the international stage, several British writers have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. These include the novelist Sir William Golding, the poet Seamus Heaney and the playwright Harold Pinter. So for this topic, remember that the Man Booker Prize is awarded for the best novel and that Seamus Heaney and Harold Pinter are among the British Nobel Prize winners in literature.

Memory tip: Booker Prize (since 1968): best novel; Nobel winners include Golding, Heaney, Pinter.

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The Man Booker Prize is awarded each year for the best what?

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  1. 1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded each year for the best what?

    • Album
    • Film
    • Painting
    • Novel

    Correct answer: Novel

    The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded for the best novel.

  2. 2. Select TWO British writers who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

    • Geoffrey Chaucer
    • Seamus Heaney
    • Harold Pinter
    • Charles Dickens

    Correct answer: Seamus Heaney and Harold Pinter

    Seamus Heaney and Harold Pinter both won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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