Eleanor Catton was born on 24 September 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand .
New Zealand writer , Eleanor Catton , at age 28 , became the youngest author to win the Man Booker Prize award with £ 50,000 prize .
The Luminaries novel that tells the story of the gold mines in the 19th century , also became a book with the most pages ( 832 pages ), which won the award .
" This is a fascinating work . This is a sparkling work , " says Robert Macfarlane , chairman of the jury .
" You start [ read ] and you think you are in the grip of big giant , " Macfarlane said , adding that what he read next is " narrative that accelerates the flow of rapid change " .
Catton was announced as the winner on Tuesday night at the London Guildhall .
Although his work was praised , Catton claimed that The Luminaries is " a nightmare for publishers ," he said when taking the award .
The reason this book has a fairly complex structure .
Prize , which was announced live on BBC News Channel , hosted this year by the wife of Prince Charles , Camilla , the Duchess of Cornwall holds .
The other authors are nominated by Bulawayo NoViolet We Need New Names ; Jim Crace , for Harvest ; Jhumpa Lahiri , for The Lowland ; Ruth Ozeki , to A Tale for the Time Being , and Colm Toibin , for The Testament of Mary .
Man Booker Prize is an award well-known books in the UK . Starting next year they will click involve writers of America for the first time .
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