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Madhuri Vijay wins JCB Prize for Literature 2019
US based-Indian author Madhuri Vijay has won the JCB Prize for Literature 2019 for her debut novel ‘The Far Field’ at Rambagh Palace in Jaipur. It is the most expensive Indian award for writing. She also received a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh, along with a sculpture by Delhi artist duo Thukral & Tagra ..
Topics: Companies • Jaipur • JCB • JCB Prize • Rajasthan • Rambagh Palace • States and union territories of India • Thukral • Thukral & Tagra
Benyamin bags first-ever JCB Prize for literature
In New Delhi, Malayalam author Benyamin has bagged the first JCB Prize for literature for his book ‘Jasmine Days’, which explores the lives of South Asians in the Middle East. The novel was originally written in Malayalam and translated by Shahnaz Habib. It tells the story of a young woman in a city where the ..
Topics: Benyamin • Fiction • Indian Literature • Jasmine Days • JCB • JCB Prize • Literature • New Delhi • Shahnaz Habib • Thukral & Tagra