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Anna Burns: “To go from being a wee girl haggling over library cards with my siblings, my friends, neighbours, my parents and my aunt, to be standing here today receiving this award is phenomenal for me.” Photograph: Eleni Stefanou
International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns becomes first Irish woman to win €100,000 prize

Irish author Anna Burns has won this year’s International Dublin Literary Award for her novel, Milkman. Set in Troubles-era Belfast, Milkman has alr(...)

Anna Burns, whose winning novel is set at the height of the Troubles. Photograph: Eleni Stefano
Man Booker Prize: Belfast writer Anna Burns wins for ‘Milkman’

Belfast-born author Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel Milkman. She is the first Irish author to win since Anne Enright in 200(...)