28 November,2015 08:28 AM IST | | Agencies
Six writers of Indian origin figure in the shortlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016. The shortlist was announced at the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science on Thursday
New Delhi: Six writers of Indian origin figure in the shortlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016. The shortlist was announced at the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science on Thursday.
The shortlisted writers include Akhil Sharma (Family Life, Faber & Faber, UK), Anuradha Roy (Sleeping on Jupiter, Hachette, India), KR Meera (Hang Woman, Penguin, India), Mirza Waheed (The Book of Gold Leaves, Viking/Penguin, India), Neel Mukherjee (The Lives of Others, Vintage/ Penguin, UK) and Raj Kamal Jha (She Will Build Him a City, Bloomsbury, India).
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature carries $50,000 for the best work in fiction by an author of any ethnicity or nationality, provided the work is about South Asia and its people.
Quality writing
Jury chair Mark Tully said in a statement: "We have had to make difficult decisions. Our final list still reflects the variety and vigour of South Asian fiction writing. One of the most striking features of the list is the quality of writing."
The winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be announced at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka, on 16th January 2016.
