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Oman author Jokha Al harthi wins Man Booker International Prize
Jokha Al harthi is the first Arabic-language writer to take the prize for "Celestial Bodies".
Updated : May 22, 2019, 09:15 AM IST
 "Omanian author Jokha Al harthi (Phot: AFP)")
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An author from Oman has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies", the story of three sisters and of a desert country confronting its slave-owning past and a complex modern world. Jokha Al harthi, the first Arabic-language writer to take the prize, will split the 50,000 pound (USD64,000) purse with her UK-based translator, Marilyn Booth.
Historian Bettany Hughes, who led the judging panel, said Tuesday that the winning novel was "a book to win over the head and the heart in equal measure." "Celestial Bodies" beat five other finalists from Europe and South America, including last year's winner, Poland's Olga Tokarczuk.
The prize is a counterpart to the Man Booker Prize for English-language novels and is open to books in any language that have been translated into English.
