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| Florence chaired the jury of the 2019 [[Booker Prize|Man Booker Prize for Fiction]], and notably defied the foundation's 1993-established rules to award the prize to two authors. [[Bernardine Evaristo]] - the first black woman to be awarded the prize - shared the prize with [[Margaret Atwood]]. | Florence chaired the jury of the 2019 [[Booker Prize|Man Booker Prize for Fiction]], and notably defied the foundation's 1993-established rules to award the prize to two authors. [[Bernardine Evaristo]] - the first black woman to be awarded the prize - shared the prize with [[Margaret Atwood]]. |
| In late July 2021 Florence resigned as director of the [[Hay Festival]]. Florence commented "I consider that my role had become untenable due to the conduct of the board and its insistence on holding a disciplinary hearing in my absence whilst I was off sick after a breakdown."<ref name=observer-20210801>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...as-director-quits-after-bullying-claim-upheld |title=Hay festival in disarray as director quits after bullying claim upheld |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |newspaper=The Observer |date=1 August 2021 |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> | In late July 2021 Florence resigned as director of the [[Hay Festival]] following an independent investigation that upheld a complaint of bullying against Florence. He had been suspended in October 2020. Florence commented "I consider that my role had become untenable due to the conduct of the board and its insistence on holding a disciplinary hearing in my absence whilst I was off sick after a breakdown."<ref name=observer-20210801>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...as-director-quits-after-bullying-claim-upheld |title=Hay festival in disarray as director quits after bullying claim upheld |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |newspaper=The Observer |date=1 August 2021 |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> |
| ==Personal life== | ==Personal life== |
Okumaya devam et...