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October 14, 2015

Marlon James First Jamaican-Born Author to Win Man Booker Prize 
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Marlon James has become the first Jamaican-born author to win the Man
Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious literary award. James won the
prize for his novel, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," inspired by
the attempted assassination of singer Bob Marley in 1976.

 

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