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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.
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...
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,”...
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 · Twice shortlisted for the prestigious British literary award, the South African novelist Damon Galgut is a Booker bridesmaid no more. He's the winner of the 2021 award for The Promise, a mordant,...
