DSC Prize for South Asian Literature explained

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.
Sponsor:Surina Narula & Manhad Narula
Year:2011
Year2:2019
Website:http://dscprize.com

The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an international 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 25,000 USD.[2] The DSC Prize was instituted by Surina Narula and Manhad Narula in 2010. Its stated purpose is to showcase the best writing about the South Asian region and bring it to a global audience.

Winners and shortlist

YearWinning authorWinning work (publisher)Runners-up
2011H. M. NaqviHome Boy (HarperCollins India) [3] [4]
2012Shehan KarunatilakaChinaman (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)
[5] [6] [7] [8]
2013Jeet ThayilNarcopolis (Faber and Faber, London) [9] [10] [11]
2014Cyrus MistryChronicle 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)
[12] [13]
2015Jhumpa LahiriThe Lowland (Vintage Books/Random House, India) [14] [15]
2016Anuradha RoySleeping on Jupiter (Hachette, India) [16] [17]
2017Anuk ArudpragasamThe Story of a Brief Marriage (Granta Books, UK) [18]
2018Jayanth KaikiniNo Presents Please
(Translated by Tejaswini Niranjana, HarperCollins India)
  • Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire (Riverhead Books, USA and Bloomsbury, UK)
  • Manu Joseph, Miss Laila Armed And Dangerous (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins, India)
  • Mohsin Hamid, Exit West (Riverhead Books, USA and Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House, India)
  • Neel Mukherjee, A State Of Freedom (Chatto & Windus, Vintage, UK and Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House, India)
  • Sujit Saraf, Harilal & Sons (Speaking Tiger, India)
[19]
2019Amitabha BagchiHalf the Night is Gone (Juggernaut Books, India)
  • Jamil Jan Kochai, 99 Nights in Logar (Bloomsbury Circus, Bloomsbury, India & UK, and Viking, Penguin Random House, USA)
  • Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field (Grove Press, Grove Atlantic, USA)
  • Manoranjan Byapari, There’s Gunpowder in the Air ((Translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha, Eka, Amazon Westland, India))
  • Raj Kamal Jha, The City and the Sea (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House, India)
  • Sadia Abbas, The Empty Room (Zubaan Publishers, India)
[20]

External links

Notes and References

  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. Web site: Eligibility Criteria for Entries to the 2011 DSC Prize . DSC Prize for South Asian Literature . 25 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065725/http://dscprize.com.s54927.gridserver.com/eligibility/ . 23 October 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Karachi has more stories than New York: HM Naqvi . DNA India . Ipsita Basu Dasgupta . 8 July 2011 . 16 January 2016.
  4. Web site: Shortlist Announced for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature . Asia Writes' . 25 October 2010 . 25 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314081501/http://www.asiawrites.org/2010/10/shortlist-announced-for-dsc-prize-for.html . 14 March 2012 .
  5. Web site: Shortlist announced for the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature . South Asian Literary Festival . Lex Delaney . 24 October 2011 . 25 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111029204214/http://southasianlitfest.com/2011/10/shortlist-announced-for-the-2012-dsc-prize-for-south-asian-literature/ . 29 October 2011 .
  6. News: 16 titles for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature . . Madhur Tankha . 15 September 2011.
  7. Web site: Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 DSC Prize . DSC Prize for South Asian Literature . 21 January 2012 . 25 September 2012 . 4 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304151113/http://dscprize.com/press/2012-prize-announcement/ . dead .
  8. News: S Karunatilake wins DSC Prize in Literature . . Archana Khare Ghose . 22 January 2012.
  9. News: Jury announced for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 . . 11 July 2012 . Shreya Roy Chowdhury.
  10. Web site: DSC Prize 2013 shortlist announced . . Supriya Nair . 21 November 2012 . 21 November 2012.
  11. Web site: Jeet Thayil becomes first Indian winner of South Asian literature prize . . Richard Lea . 25 January 2013 . 26 January 2013.
  12. News: India Today. Three Indians in race for DSC prize for South Asian Literature 2014. 22 November 2013 . 22 November 2013 . Ashlin Mathew.
  13. Web site: Indian Wins South Asian Prize for Literature . . Aditi Malhotra . 18 January 2014 . 18 January 2014.
  14. Web site: Five novels make it to the shortlist of the DSC Prize 2015 . 27 November 2014 . 30 November 2014 . 30 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141130141554/http://dscprize.com/global/updates/five-novels-make-shortlist-dsc-prize-2015.html . dead .
  15. News: Jhumpa Lahiri wins $50,000 DSC prize for south Asian literature . . Claire Armitstead . Claire Armitstead . 22 January 2015 . 22 January 2015.
  16. Web site: DSC Prize 2016 Finalists . 26 November 2015 . 28 November 2015 . 30 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151130044936/http://dscprize.com/global/updates/dsc-prize-2016-announces-a-shortlist-of-6-novels.html . dead .
  17. News: Indian author Anuradha Roy wins USD 50,000 DSC Prize . Business Standard . 16 January 2015 . 16 January 2016. Press Trust of India .
  18. Web site: Anuk Arudpragasam wins the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 . 18 November 2022.
  19. News: Jayant Kaikini Along With Translator Tejaswini Niranjana Wins The DSC Prize For South Asian Literature 2018 . 30 January 2019 . dscprize.com . 25 January 2019.
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