Mukundan’s book on Delhi bags JCB prize

M Mukundan

A Soliloquy (Westland) by M Mukundan, translated from Malayalam by Fathima EV and Nandakumar K, was announced the winner of the Rs 25-lakh-JCB Prize for Literature. The winner was announced by Lord Bamford, Chairman, JCB in a hybrid awards ceremony.

Mukundan's novel, which is a narrative of epic proportions that casts an unflinching gaze at the country's capital as it changes into the megalopolis that it is today, was the unanimous choice of the jury.

A Soliloquy is the third translation to win the award. Mukundan also received the Prize trophy, which is a sculpture by Delhi artist duo Thukral & Tagra entitled ‘Mirror Melting'.

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