Vodafone Crossword Book Award
Vodafone Crossword Book Award (formerly Hutch-Crossword Book Award) is an Indian book award sponsored by Vodafone and Crossword Bookstores.[1] It is India's biggest private sector award. [2] The Award was instituted in 1998 with the intention of competing with The Booker Prize, Commonwealth Writers' Prize or The Pulitzer Prize.
- While several Indian writers have won awards abroad, we had observed that there was no equivalent award in India. We therefore decided to take on the role of encouraging and promoting good Indian writing and instituted the Book Awards, in 1998. It is the only Indian award that not only recognizes and rewards good writing but also actively promotes the authors and their books.[1]
The award consists of a cash prize of Rs. three lakhs (300,000) and is awarded in four categories.[1]
Winners
Previous winners.[1]
2010
Awarded in 2011 for books published in 2010. The longlist was announced in May,[3] the shortlist in July[4] and the winners on Sept 2nd, 2011.[5]
2009
Awarded in 2010 for books published in 2009.[6] Inaugural year of Children's category.
- English Fiction: Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit by Kalpana Swaminathan
- English Non Fiction: Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
- English Non Fiction: Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (about Lee Kuan Yew)
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side by Sarah Joseph / translator Valson Thampu
- Popular Award: Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
- Children's Literature: The Grasshopper's Run by Siddhartha Sarma
2008
Awarded in 2009 for books published in 2008.[7]
2007
Awarded in 2008 for books published in 2007.
- English Fiction: A Girl and a River by Usha K. R.
- English Non Fiction: The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Chowringhee by Sankar / translator Arunava Sinha
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Govardhan's Travels by Anand C P Sachidanandan / translator Gita Krishnankutty
- Popular Award: The Music Room by Namita Devidayal
2006
Awarded in 2007 for books published in 2006. Name change to Vodafone Crossword Book Award.
2005
Awarded in 2006 for books published in 2005. Last year known as the Hutch Crossword Book Award. Inaugural year of Non Fiction and Popular Award categories.
2004
2000
1999
1998
Notes
- ^ a b c d Vodafone Crossword Book Award
- ^ "Rushdie, Naipaul shortlisted for Crossword award", The Times of India, January 18 2006, Mumbai
- ^ Longlist for Vodafone Crossword Book Award, The Asia Writes Project, May 8, 2011
- ^ Shortlist 2011
- ^ "Vodafone Crossword book awards 2010 announced", IBN Live, Sep 03
- ^ "Mumbaikar brings home fiction award", The Times of India, Aug 21, 2010
- ^ "Amitav Ghosh, Neel Mukherjee win Vodafone-Crossword award", Thaindian News, July 23rd, 2009
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