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 clickinvolve writers of America for the first time.
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