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Comment on Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 DSC Prize by 2012 Awards Round-up (1): It Begins « Kinna Reads

2012 Awards Round-up (1): It Begins « Kinna Reads — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:01:12 +0000

[...] Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka was awarded the $ 50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 for his novel, Chinaman which, “explores cricket as a metaphor to uncover a lost life and a [...]

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Author literature | Proxycommalpha — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:19:18 +0000

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Comment on Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2012 DSC Prize by Shehan Karunatilaka Wins $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Lit - GalleyCat

Shehan Karunatilaka Wins $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Lit - GalleyCat — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:07:49 +0000

[...] chairperson Ira Pande explained the judges’ thought process: “The jury unanimously chose this year’s winner. While this fact in itself is a historic [...]

Comment on DSC Prize 2012 Shortlist Announced by Shehan Karunatilaka Wins the 2nd Annual DSC Prize for South Asian Literature - GalleyCat

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:05:11 +0000

[...] The prize’s shortlist included five other titles: Bharathipura by U.R. Ananthamurthy (translated by Susheela Punitha), A Street in Srinagar by Chandrakanta (translated by Manisha Chaudhry), Monkey-man by Usha K.R, The Thing About Thugs by Tabish Khair and The Story that Must Not Be Told by Kavery Nambisan. [...]

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Why I quoted from The Satanic Verses | My Blog — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:52:16 +0000

[...] I read from the novel. I had already finished when Sanjoy Roy came to the side of the stage and told us that we shouldn’t continue. Amitava and I spoke for [...]

Comment on Sanjoy Roy by Why I quoted from The Satanic Verses at the Jaipur Literature Festival | Hari Kunzru | Meet Me Daily

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:20:10 +0000

[...] I read from the novel. I had already finished when Sanjoy Roy came to the side of the stage and told us that we shouldn’t continue. Amitava and I spoke for [...]

Comment on DSC Prize 2012 Shortlist – Author notes by Who will win the DSC Prize? | Forbes India Blog

Who will win the DSC Prize? | Forbes India Blog — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:32:45 +0000

[...] One of the events at the festival is the announcement of the winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, which, at US$ 50,000, is the richest literary prize in this part of the world. The jury, with — Ira Pande (chair), Dr. Alastair Niven, Dr. Fakrul Alam, Faiza S. Khan, Marie Brenner — short-listed six books: • U.R. Ananthamurthy for Bharathipura (Oxford University Press, India, translated by Susheela Punitha) • Chandrakanta for A Street in Srinagar (Zubaan Books, India, translated by Manisha Chaudhry) • Usha K.R for Monkey-man (Penguin/Penguin India) • Shehan Karunatilaka for Chinaman (Random House, India) • Tabish Khair for The Thing About Thugs (Fourth Estate / HarperCollins-India) • Kavery Nambisan for The Story that Must Not Be Told (Viking / Penguin India) (More about the books and authors here.) [...]

Comment on DSC Prize 2012 Shortlist Announced by 2011 Awards Round-up (8): So Many Winners… « Kinna Reads

2011 Awards Round-up (8): So Many Winners… « Kinna Reads — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:52:14 +0000

[...] shortlist for the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature was announced during the South Asian Literature Festival, which was held in London from October 7 [...]

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Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:11:36 +0000

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2011 Awards Round-up (7): Old Awards, New Prizes « Kinna Reads | Literature — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:55:17 +0000

[...] 16-book longlist for the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature was released this week. Authors from India, [...]