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Rushdie shortlisted for Man Booker

Hasan Suroor

LONDON: Salman Rushdie is among some of the world's tallest literary figures such as Carlos Fuentes, Philip Roth and Amos Oz who have been shortlisted for the £60,000 Man Booker International Prize.

The prize, launched in 2004, is given once every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language. It is different from the annual Booker Prize which is restricted to English-language writers from Commonwealth and awarded to a new work.

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