Booker prize: rediscovering the first female winner, the often-forgotten Bernice Rubens
Booker prize: rediscovering the first female winner, the often-forgotten Bernice Rubens: One of the most captivating and enigmatic novelists of the 20th century, Bernice Rubens remains largely unknown despite her remarkable literary achievements. She was the second recipient of the Booker prize in 1970 for her novel The Elected Member and its first female winner. …