At a ceremony at the Roundhouse in London, author Jokha Alharthi and translator Marilyn Booth were named as the joint winners of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for Celestial Bodies.
The Man Booker International Prize celebrates the finest works of translated fiction from around the world and Alharthi is the first Arabic writer to win the £50,000 prize – a sum which is split equally between author and translator.
