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Booker Prize For Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evarist As Jury Breaks Rules

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Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize on Monday after judges "flout" the rules by declaring a tie.

British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's tragicomic ''Quichotte'' was among the six books shortlisted for the prize.

The Booker rules say the prize must not be divided, but the judges insisted they "couldn't separate" Atwood's ''The Testament'' and ''Girl, Woman, Other'' by Evaristo, who is the first black woman to win the prestigious award since its creation in 1969.