Who was awarded the Booker Prize in 2006?
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Anita Desai
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Salman Rushdie
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A. S. Byatt
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Kiran Desai
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Correct answer
Explanation
Kiran Desai won the Booker Prize in 2006 for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss,' which explores themes of globalization and post-colonial identity. She is the daughter of novelist Anita Desai (who was nominated but never won). This made them the first mother-daughter pair both shortlisted for the Booker Prize.