the literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, said prize trustees repeatedly told the judges they couldn't have two winners, but they "essentially staged a sit-in in the judging room". Wood insists the decision "doesn't set a precedent".
"Over an agonising five hours, the 2019 Booker Prize judges discussed all of the much-loved books on their shortlist, and found it impossible to single out one winner," Wood said. "They were not so much divided as unwilling to jettison any more when they finally got down to two, and asked if they might split the prize between them.
"On being told that it was definitively against the rules, the judges held a further discussion and chose to flout them. They left the judging room happy and proud, their twin winners gesturing towards the six they would have wanted, had it been possible to split the prize any further."The announcement means Atwood and Evaristo split £50,000 pounds in prize money. It's the first time two people have won the Booker in almost 30 years.
In 1992, Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje and the late British author Barry Unsworth were both named recipients of the prestigious literary award. Before this, the only other time there had been two winners was in 1974, when writers Nadine Gordimer and Stanley Middleton took out the top honour. Organisers re-wrote the Booker rules in 1993 to expressly forbid more than one winner.
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