Man Booker International Award winner

This prize is awarded once every two years, and is based on an author's overall body of work and contribution to literature. This year's winner is Chinua Achebe: an African author best known for his first novel Things Fall Apart, 1958 and Anthills of the Savannah, 1987. From the Man Booker International site Chinua Achebe comments:

"It was 50 years ago this year that I began writing my first novel, Things Fall Apart. It is wonderful to hear that my peers have looked at the body of work I have put together in the last 50 years and judged it deserving of this important recognition. I am grateful."