JCB Prize explained

JCB Prize
Country:India
Sponsor:JCB
Awarded For:Distinguished work of fiction by an Indian author
Type:Literary award
Established:2018
Year:2018
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:5
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:Benyamin (2018)
Awardname:JCB Prize for Literature
Award3 Type:Most recent winner
Award3 Winner:Perumal Murugan (2023)

JCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018.[1] It is awarded annually with prize to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer. The winners will be announced each November with shortlists in October and longlists in September.[1] It has been called "India's most valuable literature prize". Rana Dasgupta is the founding Literary Director of the JCB Prize.[2] In 2020, Mita Kapur was appointed as the new Literary Director.[3]

The JCB Literature Foundation was established to maintain the award. It is funded by the English construction manufacturing group JCB. Publishers are allowed, per imprint, to enter two novels originally written in English and two novels translated into English from another language.[1]

Honourees

Winners indicated with a blue ribbon .

2018

The inaugural JCB Prize longlist was announced in September 2018.[4] [5] The 5-member shortlist was announced October 2018.[6] The winner was announced October 25, 2018.[7]

2019

The longlist was announced September 2019.[8] [9] The five-member shortlist was announced November 2019.[10] The winner was announced November 5, 2019.[11]

2020

The longlist was announced in September, 2020.[12] [13] The shortlist was announced on 25 September 2020.[14] The winner was announced on November 7, 2020.[15]

2021

The longlist was announced in September, 2021.[16] [17] The shortlist was announced on October 4, 2021.[18] [19] The winner was announced on November 13, 2021.[20]

2022

The longlist was announced on 3 September 2022.[21] The shortlist was announced on 21 October 2022. For the first time in five years, all five books on the shortlist were translated books.[22] [23] [24] The winner was announced on 19 November 2022.[25]

2023

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The JCB Prize for Literature worth Rs 25 lakh will accept entries from March 1 for Indian fiction . Scroll.in . February 28, 2018.
  2. Web site: I continue to write till I am exhausted: Rana Dasgupta. 2020-11-30. The New Indian Express.
  3. Web site: Ghoshal. Somak. 2020-02-14. 'I want to take the JCB Prize to the smaller towns and cities': Mita Kapur. 2020-11-30. mint. en.
  4. Web site: Two debut writers shine among literary giants. Livemint.
  5. Web site: JCB Prize 2018 Longlist and Shortlist. The JCB Prize.
  6. Web site: JCB Prize 2018 shortlist announced; top five includes books by Perumal Murugan, Anuradha Roy . Firstpost . October 3, 2018 . June 19, 2020.
  7. Web site: India's most valuable literature prize announces its first winner . CNN (Asia) . Mary McDougall . October 25, 2018 . June 19, 2020.
  8. Web site: Long list for 2019 JCB Prize for Literature is out . The Hindu . September 4, 2019 . June 19, 2020.
  9. Web site: JCB Prize Longlist and Shortlist, 2019. The JCB Prize.
  10. Web site: Meet Shortlisted Nominees Of The JCB Prize For Literature In This Engaging Video Series . Outlook India . Damini Babbar . November 1, 2019 . June 19, 2020.
  11. Web site: 'There is nothing absolute in fiction': Madhuri Vijay. 2019-11-05. The Indian Express. en-IN. 2019-11-05.
  12. Web site: Patni. Suhasini. A reader's guide to the ten books on the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 longlist. 2020-09-01. Scroll.in. en-US.
  13. Web site: 2020-09-01. Megha Majumdar, Samit Basu, Annie Zaidi On JCB Prize Longlist. 2020-09-01. HuffPost India. en.
  14. Web site: 2020-09-25. JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Deepa Anappara, Dharini Bhaskar among five authors in the shortlist. 2020-09-27. Firstpost.
  15. Web site: 2020-11-07. Malayalam author S Hareesh wins the JCB Prize for Literature 2020. 2020-11-07. The Indian Express. en.
  16. Web site: 2021-09-06. 2021 JCB Prize for Literature longlist is announced. 2021-10-04. The Indian Express. en.
  17. Web site: Scroll Staff. JCB Prize for Literature 2021: What you'll read if you start on the 10 novels on the longlist. 2021-10-04. Scroll.in. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2021-10-04. Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist. 2021-10-04. Mintlounge. en.
  19. Web site: Scroll Staff. JCB Prize shortlist 2021: VJ James, Daribha Lyndem, Shabir Ahmad Mir, M Mukundan, Lindsay Pereira. 2021-10-04. Scroll.in. en-US.
  20. Web site: 2021-11-13. Congratulations to M.Mukundan, Fathima E.V and Nandakumar.K for winning the JCB Prize for Literature 2021. 2021-11-13. JCB prize for literature (Twitter). en.
  21. Web site: 2022-09-03 . JCB Prize for Literature announces 2022's longlist of 10 'incredible' books . 2022-10-22 . The Indian Express . en.
  22. Web site: Scroll Staff . Translated books take all five spots on the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature shortlist . 2022-10-22 . Scroll.in . en-US.
  23. Web site: Hindi, Urdu, Nepali Books Debut on JCB Prize Shortlist Entirely of Translations . 2022-10-22 . The Wire.
  24. Web site: 2022-10-21 . JCB shortlist announced, Geetanjali Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' nominated . 2022-10-22 . The Indian Express . en.
  25. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2022-11-19 . The Paradise of Food wins JCB Prize for Literature . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-11-20 . 0971-751X.

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