Damon Galgut, a South African playwright and writer, has won the 2021 Booker Prize.
Highlights:
He is honored with the award for “The Promise,” his third shortlisted novel about a family in his nation from the end of apartheid to the election of Jacob Zuma.
The book spans several decades and depicts the family’s gradual disintegration as the country transitions to Democracy.
Mr. Galgut won his third medal as a finalist for a novel that the judges described as a “tour de force.”
He had previously been nominated for “The Good Doctor” in 2003 and “In a Strange Room” in 2010, but both times he was unsuccessful.
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The electro-optical configuration of the system is equipped with imaging infra-red (IIR) seeker technology to enhance the precision strike capability of the weapon. In both the tests, the intended target was hit with high accuracy.