Who is the first British writer to win the Man Booker Prize for fiction twice?
The Man Booker Prize, now known as the Booker Prize for Fiction, is a prestigious literary award presented annually for the best original novel written in English. Celebrating outstanding fiction, it has recognized exceptional authors since its inception in 1969.
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The first British writer to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction twice is Hilary Mantel. She achieved this notable feat with her historical novels centered around Thomas Cromwell: “Wolf Hall,” which won in 2009, and its sequel “Bring Up the Bodies,” which secured her the prize in 2012. These novels are part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, with the third installment titled “The Mirror and the Light.”