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The literary giant is also the first nominee writing in an indigenous African language (Kikuyu). The International Booker Prize is awarded every year to a book of fiction in any language that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. It is run alongside the Booker Prize for English-language fiction. The prize money is split between the book s author and its translator. Thiong o is among 13 authors nominated for the award for best translated fiction, standing a chance to walk away with £50,000 prize (Sh7,529,381.73). Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o He earned the nomination (writer and translator) through his novel dubbed The Perfect Nile, described by the judges as “ ....