India, Nov. 10 -- British author M John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel 'The End of Everything', becoming the oldest writer to receive the prestigious literary honour at the age of 81. Harrison was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London on Monday beating five other shortlisted authors to claim the £50,000 (approximately Rs.62 lakh) award.

Harrison became the first writer from the established science fiction community to win the Booker Prize. His novel, a dystopian satire set in a post-apocalyptic Britain, was selected unanimously by the judging panel chaired by historian and classicist Mary Beard.

Harrison breaks the previous age record held by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, who was 79 when she joint...