The Hindu Literary Prize

The Hindu Literary Prize or The Hindu Best Fiction Award (est. 2010) is an Indian literary award sponsored by The Hindu Literary Review which is part of the The Hindu paper.^[1] It recognizes Indian works in English and English translation. The first year, 2010, the award was called The Hindu Best Fiction Award.

Winners and shortlist

Blue Ribbon () = winner.

2011^[2]

The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya^[3]
Bharathipura, translated work of U. R. Ananthamurthy, translated by Sushila Punitha
The Fakir, translated work of Sunil Gangopadhyay, translated by Monabi Mitra
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
Litanies of Dutch Battery, translated work of N. S. Madhavan, translated by Rajesh Raja Mohan
The Folded Earth by Anuradha Roy
The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya

2010^[4]

Serious Men, Manu Joseph ^[5]
Eunuch Park, Palash Krishna Mehrotra
The Pleasure Seekers, Tishani Doshi
Venus Crossing, Kalpana Swaminathan
Come, Before Evening Falls, Manjul Bajaj
Saraswati Park, Anjali Joseph
If I Could Tell You, Soumya Bhattacharya
The Thing About Thugs, Tabish Khair
The To-Let House, Daisy Hasan
Way to Go, Upamanyu Chatterjee
Neti, Neti, Anjum Hasan

References

^ The Hindu Literary Prize, official website.
^ "Shortlisted works for 2011 prize", The Hindu, Sept. 25, 2011
^ "The Hindu Literary Prize goes to debut novel", The Hindu, Oct 30, 2011.
^ "The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 Shortlist", The Hindu, Oct 1, 2010.
^ Benedicte Page. "Manu Joseph's controversial tale of caste wins Indian literary prize", The Guardian, 2 Nov 2010.

External links

The Hindu Literary Prize, official website.