Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall arrives at Man Booker Prize 2018 ADDS SHOTS OF WINNER ANNA BURNS
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(16 Oct 2018) ANNA BURNS WINS BOOKER PRIZE WITH 'MILKMAN' Anna Burns won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday (16 OCT. 2018) with "Milkman," a vibrant, violent story about men, women, conflict and power set during Northern Ireland's years of Catholic-Protestant violence. Burns is the first writer from Northern Ireland to win the 50,000-pound ($66,000 USD) prize, which is open to English-language authors from around the world. She received her trophy from Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during a black-tie ceremony at London's medieval Guildhall. "Milkman" is narrated by a young woman dealing with an older man who uses family ties, social pressure and political loyalties as weapons of sexual coercion and harassment. It is set in the 1970s, but was published amid the global eruption of sexual misconduct allegations that sparked the "Me Too" movement. This year's finalists include three U.K. authors, two Americans and a Canadian. A third consecutive American victor could revive fears among some U.K. writers and publishers that the prize is becoming too U.S.-centric. Founded in 1969, the Man Booker Prize was originally open to British, Irish and Commonwealth writers. Americans have been eligible since 2014, and there have been two American winners — Paul Beatty's "The Sellout" in 2016 and George Saunders' "Lincoln in the Bardo" in 2017. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9c5af78a0ee359c84659db7c29a78c2c
