The prize carrying an amount of Rs 25 lakh is awarded each year to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer. It is touted to be the most expensive Indian award for writing.
The JCB Prize for Literature announces its Longlist for the 5th year adgully.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adgully.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 5th edition of the longlist is announced for the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature. The list of ten novels was selected by a panel of five judges: A.S. Panneerselvan, (Chair) journalist and editor, Amitabha Bagchi, author; Rakhee Balaram, .
International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree s Tomb of Sand is among the Hindi, Urdu and Nepali translations that make their appearance for the first time in the longlist amidst previous translations in Bengali and Malayalam.The