US EditionWriter David Szalay wins prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with his earthy novel ‘Flesh’
- On Monday in London, David Szalay, Hungarian-British writer, won the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel Flesh, the win announced at the ceremony covered by AP.
- The judging panel, led by Roddy Doyle, chose the winner unanimously after discussing six shortlisted books for more than five hours from 153 submitted novels.
- Critics and judges highlighted Flesh, the novel's unadorned naturalism charting one man's life, with Roddy Doyle saying `We had never read anything quite like it` this year.
- The winner receives 50,000 pounds and a trophy presented by last year’s winner Samantha Harvey, typically boosting the author’s sales and profile.
- At the ceremony, an extract from Flesh was performed by Stormzy, attended by celebrity guests, and judged from 153 books published between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025.
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The Booker Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, given annually to a single novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This year’s winner is David Szalay's novel, “Flesh.” Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with him for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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The British-Hungarian writer David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker Prize with his novel "Flesh".
The novel Flesh, a harrowing tale of a Hungarian emigrant and his journey from rags to riches, has won author David Szalay the Booker Prize, making the 51-year-old the first British-Hungarian to win the UK's most prestigious literary award.
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