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Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize in 2012 for her historical novel 'Bring Up the Bodies', making her the first woman to win the award twice.
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'Bring Up the Bodies' by Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize in 2012. It is the sequel to her previous prize-winning novel 'Wolf Hall'.
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Lydia Davis was awarded the Man Booker International Prize in 2013 for her achievements in fiction. This is distinct from the annual novel prize.
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The Denver Post won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of the Aurora theater shooting.
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AIDFI stands for Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation Inc., a Philippines-based NGO known for its green technology innovations like the hydraulic ram pump.
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Lisa O'Donnell is a recognized writer associated with the Commonwealth Book Prize, winning for her novel 'The Death of Bees' (though the year in the source text may be inexact).
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The film 'Argo', directed by Ben Affleck, won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards held in 2013.
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Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' won the Palme d'Or (the highest prize) at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, became the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.
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Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his mastery of historical and biographical description.