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Damon Galgut (born 12 November 1963) is a South African novelist and playwright. He was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise , having previously been shortlisted for the award in 2003 and 2010.
Damon Galgut is a playwright and novelist living in Cape Town. He was born in Pretoria in 1963 and studied drama at the University of Cape Town, writing his first novel, A Sinless Season (1984), when he was seventeen.
Feb 28, 2022 · Damon Galgut interview: ‘I have faith that novels will survive’ The Booker Prize winner tells Chris Harvey about his upbringing in the midst of the Soweto Uprising, his writing process and why novels will endure.
Damon Galgut has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize and won in 2021 for his ninth book, The Promise. He is a South African playwright and novelist, who wrote his first novel aged 17. Galgut is a multi-award-winning author, and two films have been made of his book The Quarry.
Nov 3, 2021 · Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’. The novelist, shortlisted for two of his previous books, received one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for his cutting...
Nov 5, 2021 · Damon Galgut on his Booker winner The Promise: ‘Death sets things off’. The South African’s novel impressed the judges by delving deeply into the psyche of a white clan — and a troubled nation....
Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry, The Good Doctor and The Impostor.
Nov 5, 2021 · T he South African writer Damon Galgut was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize this week for his novel The Promise, which confronts the racist history of his native country through the story...
Apr 15, 2021 · For three decades the South African writer Damon Galgut has been assessing his country through scrutiny of its white people. His prior novels include the Booker Prize finalist “The Good Doctor,”...
Nov 4, 2021 · South African author Damon Galgut has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction at the third attempt for his novel The Promise. Galgut, who was previously nominated in 2003 and 2010, picked...
