The Hindu Literary Prize
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The Hindu Literary Prize or The Hindu Best Fiction Award (est. 2010) is an Indian
literary award
sponsored by The Hindu Literary Review which is part of the The Hindu
paper. It recognizes Indian works in English and English translation. The first year, 2010, the award was called The Hindu Best Fiction Award.
2011 The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya
2010 Serious Men, Manu Joseph
India
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literary award
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
sponsored by The Hindu Literary Review which is part of the The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
paper. It recognizes Indian works in English and English translation. The first year, 2010, the award was called The Hindu Best Fiction Award.
Winners and shortlist
Blue Ribbon = winner.2011 The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya
- Bharathipura, translated work of U. R. AnanthamurthyU. R. AnanthamurthyUdupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy is a contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. He is well known among Indian authors. He is the sixth person among eight recipients of the Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the...
, translated by Sushila Punitha - The Fakir, translated work of Sunil GangopadhyaySunil GangopadhyaySunil Gangopadhyay , is a celebrated Indian poet and novelist.-Early life:...
, translated by Monabi Mitra - River of SmokeRiver of SmokeRiver of Smoke is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. It is the second volume of what will be the Ibis trilogy.-Synopsis:The promotional text refers to the storyline which can be summarized as follows: After the incidents on Ibis, which was caught in a storm and eventually ended up in...
by Amitav GhoshAmitav GhoshAmitav Ghosh , is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in the English language.-Life:Ghosh was born in Calcutta on July 11, 1956, to Lieutenant Colonel Shailendra Chandra Ghosh, a retired officer of the pre-independence Indian Army, and was educated at The Doon School; St... - Litanies of Dutch Battery, translated work of N. S. MadhavanN. S. MadhavanN. S. Madhavan is a leading writer of contemporary Malayalam literature, whose short stories, novels, football columns and travel articlea enjoy a wide readership in Malayalam speaking areas of India.-Early life:...
, translated by Rajesh Raja Mohan - The Folded Earth by Anuradha Roy
- The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
2010 Serious Men, Manu Joseph
Manu Joseph
Manu Joseph is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the current editor of OPEN magazine. He won the 2010 The Hindu Literary Prize for his debut novel Serious Men. Earlier it was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. It was included in Huffington Posts 10 best books of 2010...
- Eunuch Park, Palash Krishna Mehrotra
- The Pleasure Seekers, Tishani DoshiTishani DoshiTishani Doshi is an Indian poet, journalist and dancer based in Chennai. Born in Madras, India, to a Welsh mother and Gujarati father, she received an Eric Gregory Award in 2001. Her first poetry collection, Countries of the Body, won the 2006 Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection...
- Venus Crossing, Kalpana SwaminathanKalpana SwaminathanKalpana Swaminathan is an Indian writer from Mumbai. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons...
- Come, Before Evening Falls, Manjul Bajaj
- Saraswati Park, Anjali Joseph
- If I Could Tell You, Soumya BhattacharyaSoumya BhattacharyaSoumya Bhattacharya is an Indian journalist and author.Born in Kolkata, Bhattacharya grew up and studied in Kolkata and London. As a journalist, he has worked on The Times , The Sydney Morning Herald, India Today magazine , The Telegraph and the Hindustan Times...
- The Thing About Thugs, Tabish KhairTabish KhairTabish Khair is an Indian English author and associate professor in the Department of English, University of Aarhus in Denmark...
- The To-Let House, Daisy HasanDaisy HasanDaisy Hasan is an Indian-English author from Shillong, Meghalaya and is the author of The To-Let House. It was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008....
- Way to Go, Upamanyu ChatterjeeUpamanyu ChatterjeeUpamanyu Chatterjee is an Indian Bengali author and administrator, notable for his work set in the milieu of the Indian Administrative Service, especially his novel English, August. He was born in Patna, Bihar and was educated at St. Xavier's School and St. Stephen's College, in Delhi...
- Neti, Neti, Anjum HasanAnjum HasanAnjum Hasan is an Indian poet and novelist. She was born in Shillong, Meghalaya and currently lives in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.Street on the Hill was her debut collection of poems. Her debut novel Lunatic in my Head was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award 2007...
External links
- The Hindu Literary Prize, official website.