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Current Affairs April 2020 - Books
1 - Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Jordan penned book on Melania Trump
The Pulitzer Prize-winning American reporter for The Washington Post, Mary Jordan penned a book on Melania Trump. The unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump is titled as ‘The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump’. It is published by Simon & Schuster. The biography details 100 interviews, which depicts Melania Trump, the first woman to be more influential in the White House than most people realize.
Melania Trump is a Slovenian-American former fashion model and the current first lady of the United States, as the wife of the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.
2 - Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu, written by V. Krishnaswamy
A book titled, "Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu" and written by V. Krishnaswamy, was released. The book narrates the magnificent story of one of the finest badminton players in the world. It chronicles her life from the early days of hard work to becoming a world champion.
The book documents the hardships she faced on the way to be a promising global star and discuss what lies ahead for the young athlete. The young sports icon is the only Indian named in Forbes’ list of the world’s top-10 highest paid female athletes.
3 - Abdelouahab Aissaoui bagged 13th International Arab Fiction Prize 2020
“The Spartan Court” by Abdelouahab Aissaoui was honored with the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction. With this win, he became first Algerian to win the prize. He was awarded USD $50,000 (£39,950), as well as funding for the English translation of the novel. His novel ‘The Spartan Court’ was published by Dar Min in 2018.
The Spartan Court novel describes about the interconnected lives of five characters in Algiers from 1815 to 1833. The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world.