JCB Prize for Literature: Debut Novelists and Translations Shine in 6th Year
1 year, 6 months ago

JCB Prize for Literature: Debut Novelists and Translations Shine in 6th Year

Deccan Chronicle  

Marking its sixth year, the JCB Prize for Literature has included three debut novelists amongst its list of titles as well as four translations from Bengali, Hindi and Tamil languages. They include The Secret of More by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm, The Nemesis by Manoranjan Byapari, translated from Bengali by V. Ramaswamy, The East Indian by Brinda Charry, Simsim by Geet Chaturvedi, translated from the Hindi by Anita Gopalan, Fire Bird by Perumal Murugan, translated from the Tamil by Janani Kannan, Everything the Light Touches by Janice Pariat, Mansur by Vikramajit Ram, I Named my Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda, translated from the Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, The Colony of Shadows by Bikram Sharma and Manjhi’s Mayhem by Tanuj Solanki. The jury for the 2023 edition of the Prize includes Srinath Perur, author and translator; Mahesh Dattani, playwright and stage director; Somak Ghoshal, author, critic and learning designer, Kavery Nambisan, author and surgeon; and Swati Thiyagarajan, conservation journalist and filmmaker. The winning author and translator will be awarded Rs 25 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively.

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The JCB Prize for Literature announces its 2023 shortlist
1 year, 5 months ago

The JCB Prize for Literature announces its 2023 shortlist

Live Mint  

The JCB Prize for literature announced its shortlist for 2023 at an event in Jaipur this evening. Mita Kapur, the literary director of the JCB Prize said that the shortlist “beautifully captures the kaleidoscope of India's literary landscape”. The shortlist is comprised of: The Secret of More by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm The Nemesis by Manoranjan Byapari, translated from …

Book Review: Manoj Rupda’s ‘I Named My Sister Silence’ provides sharp insights into the ground realities of Adivasi life
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Book Review: Manoj Rupda’s ‘I Named My Sister Silence’ provides sharp insights into the ground realities of Adivasi life

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ Manoj Rupda’s 2018 Hindi novella, Kaale Adhyay, translated into English by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar under the title I Named My Sister Silence, is in the JCB Prize long-list. I Named My Sister Silence By Manoj Rupda, translated by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar Eka Pages: 180 Price: Rs.499 We are introduced …

JCB Prize for Literature: Translations shine once again in the longlist
1 year, 6 months ago

JCB Prize for Literature: Translations shine once again in the longlist

Live Mint  

The JCB Prize for Literature, an award celebrating India’s literary excellence, has unveiled its sixth edition’s longlist. Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, also longlisted in the past, returns a translator for Manoj Rupda’s Hindi book, I Named My Sister Silence. The jury has hailed it as a novel of “epic stature told with great beauty and brevity”, and that its power can …

JCB Prize for Literature 2022: 6 translations on the long list
2 years, 6 months ago

JCB Prize for Literature 2022: 6 translations on the long list

Live Mint  

More than half of The JCB Prize for Literature 2022's long list features translations from various languages of the subcontinent into English. The JCB Prize for Literature is one of the biggest literary awards in India and its first winner, in 2018, was also a book in translation – Jasmine Days, a Malayalam novel by Benyamin, translated by Shahnaz Habib. …

Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist
3 years, 5 months ago

Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist

Live Mint  

Three debut novelists and two acclaimed Malayalam writers are the contenders for India's richest prize for literary fiction this year. The jury of the JCB Prize for literature, which confers ₹25 lakh on the winner, announced its shortlist of five titles on Monday, two of which are translations into English. Awarded each year to a work of fiction by an …

Debut writers, translations rule the JCB Prize longlist 2021
3 years, 6 months ago

Debut writers, translations rule the JCB Prize longlist 2021

Live Mint  

Debut novelists and fiction in translation dominate the the longlist of the 2021 JCB Prize for Literature, which was announced on Monday. Selected by a panel of five judges—author and translator Sara Rai ; designer and art historian Annapurna Garimella; author and translator Shahnaz Habib; journalist and editor Prem Panicker; and writer and podcaster Amit Varma—six of the ten entries …

JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Annie Zaidi, debut novelist Megha Majumdar among writers longlisted for the literary award
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JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Annie Zaidi, debut novelist Megha Majumdar among writers longlisted for the literary award

Firstpost  

While debut novelists such as Dharini Bhaskar and Megha Majumdar are among the writers longlised for the prize, translated works such as S Hareesh’s Moustache and Ashoke Mukhopadhay’s A Ballad of a Remittent Fever will also be among the works of fiction competing for the award. The longlist for the 2020 JCB Prize for Literature was announced on 1 September, …

JCB Literature Prize longlists this year's '10 most distinguished novels'
6 years, 6 months ago

JCB Literature Prize longlists this year's '10 most distinguished novels'

The Quint  

New Delhi: Novelist Vivek Shanbhag and film director Deepa Mehta at the JCB Prize for Literature longlist announcement ceremony, in New Delhi on Sept 5, 2018. New Delhi: Novelist Vivek Shanbhag and film director Deepa Mehta unveil the longlist of the JCB Prize for Literature, in New Delhi on Sept 5, 2018. New Delhi, Sep 5 Two novels in translation, …

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