Jennie Scott The 2019 Booker Prize made history when Bernardine Evaristo’s “Girl, Woman, Other” was named a winner. The British author is the first Black woman to win the prestigious award.

Evaristo, 66, received the prize both for her work to help promote women and writers of color, and for writing that takes in poetry, a memoir and seven novels including the Booker-winning “Girl ...

In a literary landscape where narratives of Africa have long been overlooked or distorted, award-winning British author Bernardine Evaristo is supporting emerging voices from the continent.

LONDON (AP) — Bernardine Evaristo doesn't like boundaries. For the Booker Prize -winning novelist, rules about genre, grammar or what a working-class biracial woman can achieve are all to be ...

British author and academic Bernardine Evaristo at her home in London, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LONDON (AP) — Bernardine Evaristo doesn't like boundaries.

LONDON (AP) — Bernardine Evaristo doesn't like boundaries.Evaristo, 66, received the prize both for her work to help promote women and writers of color, and for writing that takes in poetry, a ...

British writer Bernardine Evaristo has won the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award for her “transformative impact on literature.” Evaristo was recognized for writing poetry, a memoir ...

Evaristo, 66, was recognized for writing poetry, a memoir and seven novels including the Booker-winning “Girl, Woman, Other.” She says she plans to spend the prize money helping other women ...

LONDON (AP) — Bernardine Evaristo doesn’t like boundaries. For the Booker Prize -winning novelist, rules about genre, grammar or what a working-class biracial woman can achieve are all to be ...