Six Indian authors in race for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016

London: Stories about an Indian family’s American dream turning sour, childhood experiences of violence and sexual abuse in a temple town in India besides a translation about a woman executioner are among the contenders for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Booker nominated author Neel Mukherjee, London-based novelists Akhil Sharma and Mirza Waheed besides writers Anuradha Roy and Raj Kamal Jha are among 6 authors shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016, which is scheduled to be announced at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka, January 16 next year.

Established in the year 2010, the award is given to an author of any nationality writing about South Asia and its people.

This year’s shortlist announced at the London School of Economics last evening includes a translated work of Malayalam book “Hang Woman” by K.R. Meera and translated by J. Devika.

The Other books are Akhil Sharma’s “Family Life”, Anuradha Roy’s “Sleeping on Jupiter”, K.R. Meera’s “Hang Woman”, Mirza Waheed’s “The Book of Gold Leaves”, Neel Mukherjee’s “The Lives of Others” and Raj Kamal Jha’s “She Will Build Him A City.”

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