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The Banaras Literature Festival has announced the shortlist for this year’s awards and Perumal Murugan’s ‘Fire Bird’, Jeet Thayil’s ‘I’ll Have It Here’ and Damodar Mauzo’s ‘Boy, Unloved’ have made it to the list. The festival is scheduled to take place from March 7 to 9 this year at Hotel Taj, Banaras.
The winners of this year’s festival will be announced during the curtain-raiser event on February 23, this year at PHDCCI House, New Delhi. The winners will receive a cash prize of Rs 51,000, along with a certificate and a trophy during the festival.
Deepak Madhok, president of the festival, said in a press release, “The Banaras Lit Fest Book Awards are a testament to the power of literature in shaping societies. This year’s shortlisted works showcase an incredible range of storytelling, spanning poetry, fiction, and groundbreaking non-fiction. It is heartening to see literature thriving and evolving in such meaningful ways.’
Brijesh Singh, founder and secretary of the festival added, “We are delighted to announce this year’s shortlist, featuring some of the most thought-provoking and impactful books of recent times. Our esteemed juries have taken on the mammoth task of carefully preparing this magnificent list. The Banaras Lit Fest continues to be a platform that recognizes literary excellence and fosters meaningful dialogue in Indian literature.”
Sarojini Naidu Award for Poetry (English)
•To the Moon and Back: Life, Love and Everything In-between – Maria Goretti (Om Book International)
•Nostalgia: Crafting a Home Within – Mahua Sen (Red River)
•White Shirts of Summer: New and Selected Poems – Mamang Dai (Speaking Tiger)
•My Body Didn’t Come Before Me: Poems – Kuhu Joshi (Speaking Tiger)
•I’ll Have It Here: Poems – Jeet Thayil (HarperCollins)
Ruskin Bond Award for Fiction (English)
•The Patient in Bed Number 12 – Raj Kamal Jha (Penguin)
•Aunties of Vasant Kunj – Anuradha Marwah (Rupa)
•Deccan Queen: Take Two – Farrukh Dhondy (Om Book International)
•The Woman Who Climbed Trees – Smriti Ravindra (HarperCollins)
•Never Never Land – Namita Gokhale (Speaking Tiger)
Rabindranath Tagore Award for Translation
•Fire Bird – Perumal Murugan (Translated by Janani Kannan, Penguin)
•The Keeper of Desolation: Stories – Chandan Pandey (Translated by Sayari Debnath, HarperCollins)
•I Named My Sister Silence – Manoj Rupda (Translated by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, Eka, Westland Books)
•Sakina’s Kiss – Vivek Shanbhag (Translated by Srinath Perur, Penguin)
•Boy, Unloved – Damodar Mauzo (Translated by Jerry Pinto, Speaking Tiger)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Award for Non-Fiction
•Fire on the Ganges: Life Among Dead in Banaras – Radhika Iyengar (HarperCollins)
•Bharat Rising: Dharma, Democracy and Diplomacy – Utpal Kumar (BlueOne Ink)
•The Jannayak Karpoori Thakur: Voice of the Voiceless – Santosh Singh & Aditya Anmol (Penguin)
•How Prime Ministers Decide – Neerja Chowdhury (Aleph)
•Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760-1799) – Vikram Sampath (Vintage Books)
Kabir Award for Poetry (Hindi)
•Kuch Bhi Waisa Nahi – Uma Shankar Chaudhary (Radha Krishna Prakashan)
•Atmadroha – R. Chetankranti (Rajkamal Prakashan)
•Neeli Bayaaz – Adnan Kafeel Darwesh (Rajkamal Prakashan)
•Fir Ugana – Parwati Tirkey (Radha Krishna Prakashan)
•Morche Par Vidageet – Vihag Vaibhav (Rajkamal Prakashan)
Rahul Sankrityayan Award for Non-Fiction (Hindi)
•Gay-Geka Ki Auratein – Joram Yalam Nabam (Radha Krishna Prakashan)
•Allah Naam Ki Siyasat – Hilal Ahmed (Setu Prakashan)
•Itihas Mein Afwah – Shambhunath (Vani Prakashan)
•Garjiyanta – Vyomesh Shukla (Rukh Prakashan)
•Borsi Bhar Aanch – Yatish Kumar (Radha Krishna Prakashan)
Premchand Award for Fiction (Hindi)
•Agam Bahai Dariyav – Shivmurti (Rajkamal Prakashan)
•Aushwitz: Ek Prem Katha – Garima Srivastav (Vani Prakashan)
•Trin Dhari Ot – Anamika (Vani Prakashan)
•Humnawai Na Thi – Tasneem Khan (Setu Prakashan)
•Chakka Jaam – Gautam Choubey (Radha Krishna Prakashan)
Mahadevi Verma Award for Translation (Hindi)
•Baraf Mahal – Tarjei Vesos (Translation: Neelakshi Singh, Setu Prakashan)
•Azadi – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Translation: Naved Akbar, Harper Hindi)
•Naye Bharat Kee Deemak Lagi Shahteeren – Parakala Prabhakar (Translation: Vyalok Pathak, Rajkamal Prakashan)
•Satrangi Dastarkhwan – Sumana Roy, Kunal Ray (Translation: Vandana Rag, Geet Chaturvedi, Rajkamal Prakashan)
•Great Kanchana Circus – Vishwas Patil (Translation: Ravi Bule, Vani Prakashan)
