The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey explained

The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey
Author:	Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Country:	India
Language:	English
Genre:	Literary fiction
Publisher:	Aleph Book Company, New Delhi, India
Release Date:	2014
Media Type:	Print (paperback), E-book
Isbn:	9789382277323
Followed By:	(2015)

The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey is a novel by Indian author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. Published in the year 2014, this was his first book. For this novel, Shekhar won the 2015 Yuva Puraskar,^{[1] [2]} was shortlisted for the 2014 Crossword Book Award^[3] and the 2014 Hindu Literary Prize,^[4] longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award,^[5] and jointly won the 2015 Muse India Young Writer Award.^[6] As of December 2019, this book has been translated into Tamil and Bengali.^[7] The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey was named by The Hindu in December 2019 as one of the ten best fiction books of the decade.^[8]

External links

• Web site: The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey on Goodreads . August 14, 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Yuva Puraskar winners (2011-2017) . Sahitya Akademi . Sahitya Akademi . August 14, 2018.
2. Sudipta Datta, 'Who is Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, fighting a ban', The Hindu (19 August 2017).
3. Web site: Meet the contenders: the Crossword Book Award 2014 shortlists for fiction and non-fiction . Scroll . Arunima Mazumdar . April 4, 2015 . August 14, 2018.
4. Web site: Here's the shortlist . The Hindu . October 5, 2014 . August 14, 2018.
5. Web site: The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey . International Dublin Literary Award . August 14, 2018.
6. Web site: Shahnaz Bashir's The Half Mother declared winner of Muse India award . Greater Kashmir . GK News Network . December 21, 2015 . August 14, 2018.
7. Web site: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar on Academia . January 6, 2020.
8. Web site: Best fiction books of the decade . The Hindu . December 28, 2019 . January 6, 2020.