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The 2021 International Booker winner episode

The 2021 International Booker winner episode

Update: 2021-06-09
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Joe Haddow speaks to writer David Diop and translator Anna Moschovakis about how it felt to win the International Booker Prize and we hear the moment when Lucy Hughes-Hallett announced the winner again from Coventry Cathedral. Listen to the episode for a discussion of language, translation, war and colonialism, plus an unexpected reaction from Diop's seven-year-old son.French interpretation of the episode is provided by Johanna McCalmont.
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The 2021 International Booker winner episode

The 2021 International Booker winner episode

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