Question

Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?​

Answer 1

sʜᴀʀᴇ: ᴀʀᴜɴᴅʜᴀᴛɪ ʀᴏʏ ᴡᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴛɪɢɪᴏᴜs ʙᴏᴏᴋᴇʀ ᴘʀɪᴢᴇ ɪɴ 1997 ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅ ᴏғ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢs. ᴛᴡᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ-ᴏʀɪɢɪɴ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀs ʜᴀᴅ ᴡᴏɴ ɪᴛ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇʀ – sᴀʟᴍᴀɴ ʀᴜsʜᴅɪᴇ's sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ, ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ's ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴡᴏɴ ɪɴ 1981 ᴀɴᴅ sɪʀ ᴠ.s.❤

Answer 2

Answer:

Arundhati Roy

Explanation:

Arundhati Roy won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1997 for her first novel The God of Small Things. Two other Indian-origin authors had won it before her – Salman Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children won in 1981 and Sir V.S.