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JCB Prize
JCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018. It is awarded annually with prize to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer. The winners will be announced each November with shortlists in October and longlists in September. It has been called ''"India's most valuable literature prize"''. Rana Dasgupta is the founding Literary Director of the JCB Prize. In 2020, Mita Kapur was appointed as the new Literary Director. The JCB Literature Foundation was established to maintain the award. It is funded by the English construction manufacturing group JCB. Publishers are allowed, per imprint, to enter two novels originally written in English and two novels translated into English from another language. Honorees Winners indicated with a blue ribbon (). 2018 The inaugural JCB Prize longlist was announced in September 2018. The 5-member shortlist was announced October 2018. The winner was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepa Anappara
''Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line'' is a novel by Deepa Anappara, published in 2020. Her debut novel, it received wide praise and won the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize in 2019. ''Djinn Patrol'' is shortlisted for the 2020 JCB Prize and was longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. The novel won the 2021 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Book ''Djinn Patrol'' depicts a young child who attempts to investigate a mystery involving the disappearance of children from an impoverished slum. It tells of children living in a slum in a fictional Indian city who set out to find a classmate who has disappeared. A reviewer for ''Kirkus'' compared the setting to that of Katherine Boo's ''Behind the Beautiful Forevers''. Anappara's novel makes use of several genres, including detective fiction, mystery, satire, and Bildungsroman. A review in ''The New York Times'' noted that ''Djinn Patrol'' "announces the arrival of a literary supernova". Author Anappara spent her early life in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomb Of Sand
'' Tomb of Sand'' (originally titled ''Ret Samadhi'', hi, रेत समाधि) is a 2018 Hindi-language novel by Indian author Geetanjali Shree. It was translated into English by U.S. translator Daisy Rockwell. In 2022, the book became the first novel translated from an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize. Plot The book traces the transformative journey of 80-year-old Ma, who becomes depressed after the death of her husband. She then decides to travel to Pakistan, confronting trauma that had remained unresolved since she was a teenager who survived the Partition riots. The story is fictional. Critical reception The novel received praise from book critics in India and elsewhere. Writing in ''The Hindu'', reviewer Mini Kapoor described it as "a stunningly powerful story about stories that never end". Novelist Alka Saraogi, writing in '' The Book Review'', praised the novel for "its sweeping imagination and sheer power of language, unprecedented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree ( hi, गीतांजलि श्री; born 12 June 1957), also known as Geetanjali Pandey, is an Indian Hindi-language novelist and short-story writer based in New Delhi, India. She is the author of several short stories and five novels. Her 2000 novel ''Mai'' was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2001, while its English translation by Nita Kumar was published by Niyogi Books in 2017. In 2022, her novel ''Ret Samadhi'' (2018), translated into English as '' Tomb of Sand'' by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker Prize. Aside from fiction, she has written critical works on Premchand. Early life and education Shree was born in the city of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh state on 12 June 1957. As her father, Anirudh Pandey, was a civil servant, her family lived in various towns of Uttar Pradesh. Shree says that it was this upbringing in Uttar Pradesh, along with a lack of children's books in English, that gave her a rich connection to Hindi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of The Soil
''Song of the Soil'' (Original title: ''Faatsung''; ne, फातसुङ) is a 2019 Nepali novel by Chuden Kabimo. The novel is based on the Gorkhaland movement revolution that took place during 1980s in the northern part of West Bengal. The Nepali edition of the novel was initially published in 2019 by FinePrint Publication in Nepal and Sambodhan Publication in India. Kabimo, a writer from Kalimpong district, is the winner of the Yuva Puraskar for Nepali language 2018 for ''1986''—a short story collection centering around the Gorkhaland movement issue. Synopsis The original title ''Faatsung'' translates to 'story of the soil' In Lepcha language. Kabimo belongs to the Lepcha community, an ethnic group indigenous to eastern Nepal, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim region. The story revolves around the friendship of an unnamed narrator with his friend Norden, on the backdrop of the movement. One day, the narrator receives the news Norden's death in a recent earthquake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuden Kabimo
Chuden Kabimo is an Indian Nepali language writer and journalist based in Kalimpong, India. Kabimo has authored two books. He is best known for his 2018 novel ''Faatsung'', originally written in Nepali and translated into English as ''Song of the Soil'' in 2021. He won the prestigious Yuva Puraskar in 2018 for his debut book, a collection of short stories titled ''1986''. His second book ''Faatsung'' was published in 2018 and was shortlisted for the Madan Puraskar for the same year. The English translation of the book ''Song of the Soil'', translated by Ajit Baral was also shortlisted for the JCB Prize. Both of his first two works centered around the Gorkhaland movement in India. Notable works * ''1986'', a short story collection * ''Song of the Soil'', novel, originally published in Nepali as ''Faatsung'' in 2018. Awards * Winner – Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for Nepali (2018) for ''1986.'' * Nominated – Madan Puraskar (2018) for ''Faatsung''. * Nominated – JC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Jawed
Khalid Jawed (born 9 March 1960) is an Indian novelist. Some of his works include Aakhri Dawat, Nematkhana and Maut ki Kitab, critically acclaimed for his unique style and narrative. Currently he is serving as Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Jawed is also considered an expert on popular literature. He is equally popular in India and Pakistan. Career Critic Shafe Qidwai said "Khalid Jawed does not bury the plot behind the heavy pall of magic realism technique and his style is imbued with a new artistic coherence and he weaves a series of memories and wistful experiences into a viable pattern. It is hoped that the Maut ki Kitab will be noticed in literary circles." The English translation of Jawed's novel ''Nemat Khana'', ''The Paradise of Food, won the JCB Prize for Literature in 2022. Bibliography * Aakhiri Dawat, 2007, Penguin Books India * Tafreeh Ki Ek Dopehr, 2008, Scheherzade, karaachi * Kahani, Maut Aur Aakhiri Bidesi Zaban, 2008, Educational Publishing Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gods And Ends
''Gods and Ends'' is the debut novel by writer Lindsay Pereira. It was published by Penguin Random House India in March 2021. Set in Orlem, Malad, a suburb of Mumbai populated by a large Roman Catholic community. It is described as a book about invisible people in a city of millions, and the claustrophobia they rarely manage to escape from. The title is a reference to people who are twice marginalized—for being a minority community and living in a small, lesser-known part of a large suburb. Reception The novel was described by ''The Hindu'' as "a stark and fearless portrayal of the Roman Catholic community in the Bombay of yore." The publication ''Firstpost'' described it as "stark in its simplicity," adding that the writer "uses dialogue and narration with good effect, giving each character enough space to tell their story." The newspaper ''Mid Day'' said "Pereira’s chronicling subtly encapsulates their eccentricities, including the diction and acerbic humour, all of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Pereira
''Gods and Ends'' is the debut novel by writer Lindsay Pereira. It was published by Penguin Random House India in March 2021. Set in Orlem, Malad, a suburb of Mumbai populated by a large Roman Catholic community. It is described as a book about invisible people in a city of millions, and the claustrophobia they rarely manage to escape from. The title is a reference to people who are twice marginalized—for being a minority community and living in a small, lesser-known part of a large suburb. Reception The novel was described by ''The Hindu'' as "a stark and fearless portrayal of the Roman Catholic community in the Bombay of yore." The publication ''Firstpost'' described it as "stark in its simplicity," adding that the writer "uses dialogue and narration with good effect, giving each character enough space to tell their story." The newspaper ''Mid Day'' said "Pereira’s chronicling subtly encapsulates their eccentricities, including the diction and acerbic humour, all of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Mukundan In Kozhikode
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a " Proto-Sinaitic" (Bronze Age) adoption of the "water" ideogram in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value , from the Egyptian word for "water", ''nt''; the adoption as the Semitic letter for was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for "water", '' *mā(y)-''. Use in writing systems The letter represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound in the orthography of Latin as well as in that of many modern languages, and also in the International Phonetic Alphabet. In English, the Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that is sometimes a vowel, in words like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Zaidi (writer)
Annie Zaidi (born 1978) is an English-language writer from India. Her novel, ''Prelude To A Riot'', won the Tata Literature Live! Awards for Book of the Year 2020. In 2019, she won The Nine Dots Prize for her work ''Bread, Cement, Cactus'' and in 2018 she won The Hindu Playwright Award for her play, ''Untitled-1.'' Her non-fiction debut, a collection of essays, ''Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales'', was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. She also writes poetry (''Crush'', 2007), short stories (''The Good Indian Girl'', 2011 and Love Story # 1 To 14, 2012), plays (''Jam'', ''Jaal'' etcetera) and has written a novella (''Gulab, 2014''). Early life and education Zaidi was born in Allahabad and raised in Rajasthan. She and her older brother were raised by their mother Yasmin Zaidi, who became a school teacher and principal. Her mother wrote poetry and her grandfather was recognized for his contributions to Urdu literature with a nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayasree Kalathil
Jayasree Kalathil is an Indian writer, translator, mental health researcher and activist. She is known for her work in the area of mental health activism as well as for her translations of Malayalam works, ''The Diary of a Malayali Madman'' and ''Moustache'', the former winning Crossword Book Award and the latter, the JCB Prize for Literature, both in 2020. Her latest work, ''Valli, A Novel'' was among the works shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature in 2022. Biography Jayasree Kalathil was born in Kottakkal, a town in Malappuram district of the south Indian state of Kerala. After completing college education at Farook College, Kozhikode, and the Department of English, University of Calicut, she pursued her research at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad under the guidance of the noted activist and writer, Susie Tharu, which earned her a doctoral degree. Before moving to the UK, she worked as a researcher at Bapu Trust for Research on Mind & Discourse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
