Dr krishnankutty has also won two katha awards for translation. His first novel, past continuous won the vodafone crossword book award in 2008 and several more awards when republished in the u. Transitions abroad us travel essay contest runnerup. The book was first published as past continuous in india, where, along with amitav ghoshs sea of poppies, it was joint winner of the 2008 vodafone crossword book award, the countrys most prominent prize for englishlanguage writing. In 2011, it won the betty trask prize, the desmond elliott prize, and jointly won the indian vodafone crossword book award for fiction.
Shoma chaudhury journalist age, biography, husband. Sanghi, who also wrote the bestselling the rozbal line, was given the prize in mumbai saturday, a statement issued by the vodafonecrossword book awards said. Download free crossword superstars encore epub ebook. Beginning in 2011 through 20, it was sponsored by the economist in association with principal mutual funds and standard chartered, and renamed the economist crossword book award. Anthony thomas, cio vodafone receives award for excellence in customer experience at idc insights award 2014. The music room, her first book, was a winner of the 2008 vodafone crossword popular book award and was named an outlook book of 2007. Sriram karri born 1973 is an englishlanguage novelist, writer and columnist. His first novel, past continuous won the vodafonecrossword book award in 2008 and several.
Mukherjees first novel, a life apart published in india as past continuous won him an indian prize, the vodafonecrossword award for. Crossword book awards indian literary awards britannica. Winner of the 2008 vodafone crossword popular book award, indias most prestigious book prize, given in 2007 to kiran desais the inheritance of. It was longlisted for the vodafone crossword book award, nonfiction, in 2008. In 20, university of ottawa press publisheda french edition of the book, le bonheur et autres troubles, translated by annick geoffreyskuce, marc charron and caroline lavoie. The award was known as the vodafone crossword book award from 2008, following the purchase of hutchison essar by english telecommunications giant. May 12, 2015 mukherjees first novel, a life apart published in india as past continuous won him an indian prize, the vodafonecrossword award for best novel of 2008, jointly with amitav ghosh. Starting in 2008, hutch essar was purchased by english telecommunications company vodafone group and the award was called vodafone crossword book award. Anjali joseph anjali joseph is the author of saraswati. Her first novel, chinese whiskers, has recently been published by harper collins india to excellent.
Winner of the desmond elliot prize winner of the betty trask prize winner of the vodafone crossword book award for fiction. Namita devidayal was born in 1968 and graduated from princeton university. She is the winner of the 2007 prem bhatia memorial award for excellence in political reporting and analysis for her dispatches from china. The inheritance of loss, kiran desai the inheritance of loss is the second novel by indian author kiran desai. Winner of the 2008 vodafone crossword popular book award, indias most prestigious book prize, given in 2007 to kiran desais the inheritance of loss shortlisted for the 2008 shakti bhatt first book prize an outlook best book of the year. In 2008, she was honoured with ramnath goenka excellence in journalism for film and television.
Sriram karri is an author living in india, whose first book, the spiritual supermarket, was longlisted for the vodafone crossword book award in 2008. She graduated from the ma in creative writing at the university of east anglia in 2008. Her second book, the last jews of kerala, was a finalist for indias 2009 vodafone crossword literary prize and named a uk sunday times travel book of the year. In 20, shoma resigned from the managing director post at tehelka because she was accused of writing wrong articles in support of sexual assault complaint against tarun tejpal, the. River of smoke was shortlisted for the man asian literary prize 2011. Transitions abroad us travel essay contest runnerup 2007. William dalrymple was born and brought up in scotland. Anjali joseph anjali joseph is the author of saraswati park. She currently lives in brussels with her husband, son and two chinese cats, where she writes about europe for the business standard. An experience of china won the vodafonecrossword popular book award for 2008. Another country, her second novel, was published in june 2012.
The nominations have been longlisted from entries received from indian publishers in three categories english fiction, indian language fiction translation and english nonfiction. His debut, past continuous, won 2008 vodafone crossword book award. The newly entitled edition is slightly revised and tighter, with one chapter deleted and some structural. His novel, the autobiography of a mad nation, was longlisted for the man asian literary prize in 2009. Indias leading cellular service provider and crossword, indias leading chain of lifestyle bookstores, announced the first list of nominees for the vodafone crossword book award 2007. Common knowledge book awards orange prize shortlist. It was the cowinner of the vodafone crossword book award in 2009, as well as cowinner of the 2010 dan david prize. Khairs study the gothic, postcolonialism and otherness was released by palgrave in the uk and us in the winter of 2009. His first novel, past continuous picador india, 2008, was joint winner of the vodafonecrossword award, indias premier literary award for writing in english, for best novel of 2008 along with amitav ghoshs sea of poppies. It won a number of awards, including the man booker prize for that year, the national book critics circle fiction award in 2007, and the 2006 vodafone crossword book award. He has also written a narrative history of bhutan, titled the kingdom at the centre of the world. Nominated for indias ramnath goenkas excellence in journalism best book award.
Starting in 2008, hutch essar was purchased by english telecommunications company vodafone group and the award was called vodafone crossword book. Jul 15, 2012 vodafone crossword award shortlists rushdie, amitav ghosh june 26th, 2009 12. Aftertaste by namita devidayal overdrive rakuten overdrive. The inheritance of loss is the second novel by indian author kiran desai. Anthology of contemporary indian poetry united states. Despite pitfalls, publishers bet on translated vernacular indian. He is also the brother of famous television anchor and editor udayan mukherjee.
His first novel past continuous that was published by picador in 2008 was joint winner of the vodafonecrossword award, indias premier literary award for writing in english for best novel of 2008. Sriram, founder crossword bookstores, delivering the introductory speech at the vodafone crossword book awards held at ncpa, mumbai on 2nd september 2011. Award winning foreign correspondent pallavi aiyar has reported from china and europe for over a decade. Awardwinning foreign correspondent pallavi aiyar has reported from china and europe for over a decade. Her china travelogue, smoke and mirrors, won the vodafone crossword popular book award for 2008. In 2006, she along with lakshmi holmstrom won the vodafone crossword book award in the indian language fiction translation category for in a forest, a deer. Her work won her the first crossword indian language fiction award in 1999, and this year two novels translated by her have made it to the vodafone crossword book award shortlist. Finalist for international index on censorship best book prize in 2008 finalist for indias vodafone crossword literary prize in 2008. Sea of poppies was shortlisted for the 2008 man booker prize. Shoma was a judge at the vodafone crossword book award in 2006. Vodafone crossword book award book awards librarything.
His novel jimmy the terrorist was shortlisted for the 2009 man asian literary prize and went on to win the 2010 vodafone crossword book award. The award was known as the vodafone crossword book award from 2008, following the purchase of hutchison essar by english telecommunications giant vodafone group. Le prix a ete cree en 1998 dans lintention detre competitif avec le prix booker, commonwealth writers prize ou le prix pulitzer. The shadow lines won the sahitya akademi award and the ananda puraskar. Emerging writer ashwin sanghi chanakyas chant and anjali joseph saraswati park have won the vodafone crossword book award 2010 in the popular fiction and fiction category respectively. Gita krishnankutty is an awardwinning and well established translator from malayalam to english. Anjali joseph is the author of saraswati park, another country and the living. Nominees for the vodafone crossword book award 2007. His first book, the spiritual supermarket, was published by mosaic books for the indian subcontinent in 2007.
Sanghi, who also wrote the bestselling the rozbal line, was given the prize in mumbai saturday, a statement issued by the vodafone crossword book awards said. Vodafonecrossword award shortlists rushdie, amitav ghosh june 26th, 2009 12. The music room by namita devidayal overdrive rakuten. He is the author of several critically acclaimed novels. Neel mukherjee is an indiaborn writer who lives in london and writes in english. Her first novel is saraswati park 2010, the story of a letter writer, his wife and their nephew, set in bombay. May 09, 2008 i am also delighted to have vodafone join hands with us again to present the vodafone crossword book award 2008 speaking about the award, harit nagpal, directormarketing and new business, vodafone essar, said, we have been part of the crossword book awards for the past 3 years because it celebrates the achievements of indian writers. It won the encore award for best second novel in 2015. His second novel, the lives of others was shortlisted for the 2014 man booker prize and won the encore award.
Crossword book awards, in full raymond crossword book awards, formerly in full 199899 crossword book award, 200004 crossword book awards, 200408 hutch crossword book awards, 2008 11 vodafone crossword book awards, and 2011 the economist crossword book awards, any of a series of indian literary awards established in 1998 by indian book retailer crossword, its stated. Joseph, sanghi win vodafone crossword awards books. Neel mukherjees the lives of others wins encore prize. Hemali sodhi is an independent consultant and has spent over two decades in publishing in india, most. From 2006 the award included an additional nonfiction prize and a popular award, voted on by the public. A quest 1989, at 22 years of age, and in 1989, moved to delhi to research city of djinns. Vodafone crossword book award shortlist book awards. The crossword book award is the only forum in india that gives a face to indian authors and indian literature, with a wellrounded jury mining gems from. Neel mukherjee born 1970 is an indiaborn writer who lives in london and writes in english. An epic saga telling the story of a bengali family in calcutta exploring a family that is decaying as the society around it fractures, and one young man who tries to reimagine his place in the world. Dec 06, 2015 the inheritance of loss is the second novel by indian author kiran desai. The crossword book award is the only forum in india that gives a face to indian authors and indian literature, with a wellrounded jury mining gems the crossword book award is the only forum in india that gives a face to indian authors and indian literature, with a wellrounded jury mining gems from. Her first book holy warriors was a finalist for the uks 2008 index on censorship tr fyvel prize and nominated for indias ramnath goenka excellence in journalism best book award.
Neel mukherjee talks with alex clark about the lives of. In 20, university of ottawa press publisheda french edition of the book, le bonheur et autres troubles, translated by annick geoffrey. Vikram seths second nonfiction work, two lives, is the story of a century and of a love affair across an ethnic divide. For her contributions to tamil literature, she received the 2008 iyal virudhu lifetime achievement award awarded by the canadabased tamil literary garden. The lives of others 2014, which was shortlisted for the man booker prize and won the encore prize for best second novel. Curfewed night by basharat peer, english non fiction, 2008. Her novel, chinese whiskers, a modern fable set in china, was published in america, italy, belgium and india.
Jun 22, 2008 gita krishnankutty is an award winning and well established translator from malayalam to english. From 2006 the award included an additional nonfiction prize and a popular award. Crossword book awards not only recognize and reward good writing, but also actively promote indian authors and their books making it the only indian award of its kind to do so. Penguin india makes a clean sweep at the vodafone crossword awards. A journalist with the times of india, namita lives in mumbai. As the name suggests, it is a story of two extraordinary lives, that of his great uncle, shanti behari seth, and of his german jewish great aunt, hennerle gerda caro.
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