Multiple choice general knowledge

Who said of the Orange prize for women's fiction "the whole idea of an award just for women fills me with horror"?

  1. Agatha Christie

  2. Arundhati Roy

  3. Barbara Kingsolver

  4. Anita Brookner
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Explanation

Anita Brookner, who won the Booker Prize in 1984 for 'Hotel du Lac,' expressed strong opposition to the Orange Prize for women's fiction, stating the idea of an award just for women 'fills me with horror.' Brookner believed literary prizes should be based on merit alone, not gender segregation.

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