Question: Recently Anita Brookner, the Booker prize-winning British author and renowned art historian has died. She won the Booker in –
(a) 1983
(b) 1995
(c) 2000
(d) 1984
Ans(d)
Related facts:
- On 10 March 2016 Anita Brookner, the Booker prize-winning British author and renowned art historian, has died at the age of 87.
- She won the Booker in 1984 for her novel Hotel du Lac.
- Her first novel, A Start in Life, was published in 1981.
- In 1990, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her contribution to the field of literature.
Reference:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35808651
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/15/anita-brookner-obituary
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12194509/Anita-Brookner-novelist-obituary.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/arts/international/anita-brookner-hotel-du-lac-obituary.html?_r=0