Eleanor Catton won Man Booker Prize 2013 for her work 'The
Luminaries’
Eleanor Catton was
awarded the Man Booker Prize for 'The Luminaries,' an immersive tale set in
19th-century New Zealand that explores identity, greed and human frailty.
At 28, Catton is the youngest winner of the
Booker. She was born in Canada and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The Booker is Britain's most prestigious literary prize, awarded annually to a novelist from Britain, Ireland or a Commonwealth country. The winner receives 50,000 pounds, or about $80,000.
She thanked her publishers for striking the 'elegant balance between making art and making money.'The book was released by Granta in Britain and Little, Brown and Co. in the United States. At 848 pages, it is the longest book to win the Booker Prize.
Catton's first novel, 'The Rehearsal,' was widely praised and nominated for awards including the Orange Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. She studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was 25 when she began writing 'The Luminaries.'
The Booker is Britain's most prestigious literary prize, awarded annually to a novelist from Britain, Ireland or a Commonwealth country. The winner receives 50,000 pounds, or about $80,000.
She thanked her publishers for striking the 'elegant balance between making art and making money.'The book was released by Granta in Britain and Little, Brown and Co. in the United States. At 848 pages, it is the longest book to win the Booker Prize.
Catton's first novel, 'The Rehearsal,' was widely praised and nominated for awards including the Orange Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. She studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was 25 when she began writing 'The Luminaries.'
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