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French-Senegalese author David Diop wins International Booker Prize for ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’

French-Senegalese author David Diop wins International Booker Prize for ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’

On June 2, the International Booker Prize for translated fiction was awarded to French-Senegalese novelist and academic David Diop for his sophomore novel, “At Night All Blood is Black,” and to the book’s American translator, Anna Moschovakis. The novel was selected from a shortlist of six books by majority vote from a five judge panel. This year’s winners were announced virtually via livestream inside the historic Coventry Cathedral in the West Midlands of England. It was the first time the ceremony took place outside of London.