Evaristo Wins £100k Women's Prize

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Bernardine Evaristo 'astonished' to receive one-off Women's Prize for outstanding contribution

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Bernardine Evaristo 'astonished' to receive one -off outstanding contribution award.

The award is to mark the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction .

The 66-year-old was the first black woman to win the prestigious Booker Prize .

She co-founded Britain 's first black women's theatre company Theatre of Black Women .

Her other creative works include her 2013 novel Mr Loverman , about an elderly man whose marriage falls apart after his long-term affair with his male friend. It was adapted for a BBC drama series starring Lennie James , and recently picked up two major acting prizes at the Bafta TV Awards . Evaristo 's other books include satirical novel Blonde Roots and a memoir, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up..

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