Ananthamurthy, Khair in contention for Asian literature prize
October 25th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Six authors, including U.R. Ananthamurthy, Tabish Khair and Chandrakanta, are in the race for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012.
The prize, carrying a purse of $50,000, will be presented at the Jaipur Literature Festival in January 2012, a statement from the organisers said.
Young Pakistan-based writer H.M. Naqvi won the prize last year for his book “Home Boy”.
Books on this year’s shortlist include U.R. Ananthamurthy’s ?Bharathipura?, Chandrakanta’s ?A Street in Srinagar?, Usha K.R’s ?Monkey-man?, Shehan Karunatilaka’s ?Chinama: The legnd of Pradeep Mathew”, Tabish Khair’s ?The Thing About Thugs? and Kavery Nambisan’s ?The Story That Must Not Be Told?.
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