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'The prize of all prizes': Teacher Kate Clanchy's memoir wins Orwell award

Judges praise Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, which draws on three decades working in schools, as ‘moving, funny, and full of love’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2020

Orwell prize nominee Aditya Chakrabortty: 'Don't do what everyone else is doing'

The Guardian’s senior economics commentator reflects on challenges as a columnist at the Guardian and what he thinks sets the media organisation and its journalists apart

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2020

Orwell prize for fiction shortlist replays 2019 Booker prize contest

Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other will vie with Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport for political writing award

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2020

Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore wins Orwell prize for journalism

Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore has been awarded the prestigious Orwell prize for journalism jointly with the deputy editor of Prospect magazine, Steve Bloomfield. Suzanne was commended for her articles on attitudes to Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky in the wake of the #MeToo movement; why she was wrong to refuse…

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2019

Suzanne Moore of the Guardian wins Orwell prize for journalism

Articles on Brexit and #MeToo aftermath make columnist joint winner with Steve Bloomfield of Prospect

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2019

Two books about Northern Irish Troubles win Orwell prize 2019

Anna Burns’ Milkman and Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing win political fiction and political writing awards

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2019

Oman’s Jokha Alharthi Wins Man Booker International Prize

Omani novelist Jokha Alharthi has won the Man Booker International prize for her novel Celestial Bodies translated from Arabic to English. She has become the first Arabic-language writer to win the prize. Celestial Bodies is set in the Omani village of al-Awafi and follows the stories of three sisters: Mayya, who marries…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 22, 2019

Omani author Jokha Alharthi wins Man Booker International Prize

Alharthi is the first Arabic-language writer to take the prize, which includes an award of $64,000.

Al Jazeera · May 22, 2019

Man Booker International Prize 2019: Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies

Omani author becomes first Arabic-language writer to scoop accolade alongside translator

The Independent UK · May 21, 2019

Man Booker International prize: Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies

First female Omani novelist to be translated into English shares £50,000 prize with translator Marilyn Booth – the first time an Arabic book has won

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2019