DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Awarded for Original full-length novel inspired by South Asia, written in English, or translated into English by any writer across the globe.
Sponsored by DSC Limited
Country India
Hosted by DSC Limited
Reward(s) ₹2,800,000
First awarded 2011
Last awarded Active
Official website http://dscprize.com

The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is a literary prize awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South Asia[1] themes such as culture, politics, history, or people.[2] It is for an original full-length novel written in English, or translated into English.[2] The award is for novels published in the year preceding the judging of the prize.[2] The winner receives ₹1,700,000 (about US$25,000).[2] The prize was instituted by DSC Limited, an Indian infrastructure and construction company which also sponsored the Jaipur Literature Festival.[3]

Winners and shortlist

Year Winning author Winning work (publisher) Runners-up Refs.
2011 H. M. Naqvi Home Boy (HarperCollins India) [4][5]
2012 Shehan Karunatilaka Chinaman (Random House, India)
  • U. R. Ananthamurthy, Bharathipura (Oxford University Press, India; translated by Susheela Punitha)
  • Chandrakanta, A Street in Srinagar (Zubaan Books, India; translated by Manisha Chaudhry)
  • Usha K.R, Monkey-man (Penguin/Penguin India)
  • Tabish Khair, The Thing About Thugs (Fourth Estate/HarperCollins India)
  • Kavery Nambisan, The Story that Must Not Be Told (Viking/Penguin India)
 [6][7][8][9]
2013 Jeet Thayil Narcopolis (Faber and Faber, London) [10][11][12]
2014 Cyrus Mistry Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer (Aleph Book Company, India)
  • Anand, Book of Destruction (Translated by Chetana Sachidanandan; Penguin India)
  • Benyamin, Goat Days (Translated by Joseph Koyippalli; Penguin India)
  • Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin India)
  • Nadeem Aslam, The Blind Man’s Garden (Random House, India)
  • Nayomi Munaweera, Island of a Thousand Mirrors (Perera Hussein Publishing, Sri Lanka)
 [13][14]
2015 Jhumpa Lahiri The Lowland (Vintage Books/Random House, India)
  • Bilal Tanweer, The Scatter Here is Too Great (Vintage Books/Random House, India)
  • Kamila Shamsie, A God in Every Stone (Bloomsbury, India)
  • Romesh Gunesekera, Noontide Toll (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin, India)
  • Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, The Mirror of Beauty (Penguin Books, India)
 [15][16]
2016 Anuradha Roy Sleeping on Jupiter (Hachette, India) [17][18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Note: South Asia for the purposes of the prize is defined as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan. See Eligibility Criteria.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eligibility Criteria for Entries to the 2011 DSC Prize". DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Advisory Committee for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Constituted Post". DSC Limited. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Ipsita Basu Dasgupta (8 July 2011). "Karachi has more stories than New York: HM Naqvi". DNA India. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shortlist Announced for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature". Asia Writes'. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. ↑ Lex Delaney (24 October 2011). "Shortlist announced for the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature". South Asian Literary Festival. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Madhur Tankha (15 September 2011). "16 titles for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature". The Hindu.
  8. ↑ "Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 DSC Prize". DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Archana Khare Ghose (22 January 2012). "S Karunatilake wins DSC Prize in Literature". The Times of India.
  10. ↑ Shreya Roy Chowdhury (11 July 2012). "Jury announced for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013". The Times of India.
  11. ↑ Supriya Nair (21 November 2012). "DSC Prize 2013 shortlist announced". Mint. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Richard Lea (25 January 2013). "Jeet Thayil becomes first Indian winner of South Asian literature prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  13. ↑ Ashlin Mathew (22 November 2013). "Three Indians in race for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014". India Today. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  14. ↑ Aditi Malhotra (18 January 2014). "Indian Wins South Asian Prize for Literature". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Five novels make it to the shortlist of the DSC Prize 2015". 27 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  16. ↑ Claire Armitstead (22 January 2015). "Jhumpa Lahiri wins $50,000 DSC prize for south Asian literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "DSC Prize 2016 Finalists". 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Indian author Anuradha Roy wins USD 50,000 DSC Prize". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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