South African author Damon Galgut has been awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel ‘The Promise’. This novel by Gallagt is based on the story of a white family in the midst of South Africa’s racist history. Galgut was a strong contender for the prize of £50,000 ($69,000). ‘The Promise’ is based on the story of a troubled Southern African white family and their promise to a black worker.
Galgut entered the final list of contenders for the award for the third time. He had previously featured in the final list of contenders for “The Good Doctor” in 2003 and “In a Strange Room” in 2010, but failed to win the award both times. This time Galgut was the strongest contender for victory. Despite this, he said he was “shocked” at the award.
Galgut said that “I accept the award on behalf of all stories told and untold, on behalf of all writers who have been heard and not heard, on behalf of the magnificent continent I am part of”. . He also mentioned that Abdul Razzaq Gurnah, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature this year, is also African.
Historian Maya Jasnoff, chair of the jury, said that ‘The Promise’ is a book that tells its story in a deep, powerful way and clearly, which is “an extraordinary story and rich content – the history of South Africa over the past 40 years -“. weaves together in an unbelievable way.”
Galgat is the third South African novelist to win the Booker Prize. Earlier this award has been given to Nadine Gordimer in 1974 and to JM Coetzee in 1983 and 1999. ‘The Promise’ featured American authors Richard Power’s ‘Bewildment’, Patricia Lockwood’s ‘No One is Talking About This’ and Maggie Shipstead’s ‘Great Circle’, Sri Lankan writer Anuk Arudpragasam’s ‘A Passage North’ and British/Somali writer Nadifa. He won this award after beating Mohammed’s ‘The Fortune Man’.
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