Ben Lerner and Karyn Bartlett win 2026 Orwell Prizes for "The Copy" and "Escape from Kabul"

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Ben Lerner won the 2026 Orwell Prize for Fiction for "The Copy," and Karyn Bartlett won the Non-Fiction prize for "Escape from Kabul." Lerner's novel explores technology and memory, while Bartlett's book documents the plight of Afghan female lawyers threatened after Kabul's fall in 2021. The Orwell Prizes, each worth £5,000, honor works that elevate political writing to an art form.


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