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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 60

Contemporary Literary Cultures and Research Methodologies · Literary Cultures: Major literary awards and prizes, literary festivals, associations and networks · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following author(s) has/have won the Booker Prize twice?

  1. Nadine Gordimer
  2. J. G. Farrell
  3. William Golding
  4. Peter Carey

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Correct answer: (D) Peter Carey

Explanation

Peter Carey won twice (Oscar and Lucinda in 1988, True History of the Kelly Gang in 2001). Gordimer, Farrell and Golding won once each.