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‘My writing has saved me’
Watch the moment Paul Lynch is revealed as the winner of the 2023 Booker Prize live on Front Row on BBC Radio 4.
The Irish author said his dystopian novel Prophet Song "was not an easy book to write".
Listen to the whole ceremony - hosted by Samira Ahmed - on BBC Sounds now.
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