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  "id": 19463862,
  "title": "81-year-old British author wins 50,000 Booker Prize, becomes oldest recipient",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/81-year-old-british-author-wins-50-000-booker-prize-becomes-oldest-19463862",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-11T07:38:53.000Z",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/81-year-old-british-author-wins-50000-booker-prize-becomes-oldest-recipient/"
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  "summary": "British author M John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian novel, The End of Everything, becoming the oldest recipient of the prestigious literary award at the age of 81. Read More: https://punchng.com/81-year-old-british-author-wins-50000-booker-prize-becomes-oldest-recipient/",
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        "title": "Who is John Harrison? Meet British author who won Booker Prize 2026; here's what he said on ‘The End of Everything’",
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