John Harrison won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The End of Everything.
Booker of the Year Award is awarded to John Harrison was awarded for his novel The End of Everything. Harrison is 81 years old and is the oldest recipient of this award.
Booker is one of the most prestigious awards for literature in the English language.
The title of the oldest winner of this award previously belonged to Margaret Atwood, who won this award in 2019 at the age of 79 for the book "Wills".
Harrison's anti-utopian novel depicts a not-so-distant future where aliens have launched a ground attack on Britain.
At the award ceremony in London, in response to a question about the message he intends to convey through this story, Harrison said: "It's a twisted world, it will remain twisted, and it's a strange world. "But in the end, maybe there is a sense of liberation."
Harrison has so far published more than ten novels.
"The end of everything" was chosen unanimously from among the 6 finalists. Harrison will receive £50,000 and each of the other five shortlisted writers will receive £2,500.