The winners of the eight edition of the prestigious US $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be declared at a special Award Ceremony at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet (Kalam) that will take place from 22nd to 27th January, 2019 in Kolkata, India.
This partnership is in line with the peripatetic nature of the prize, where true to its South Asian essence, the winner is announced in different South Asian countries by rotation. The DSC Prize, 2016 was awarded to Anuradha Roy at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka. Last year, prize was awarded to Anuk Arudpragasam at the Dhaka Lit Fest in Bangladesh/
This year, the winner will be announced at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in Kolkata on January 25. .
Instituted by Surina Narula and Manhad Narula in 2010, the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has emerged as a leading international literary prize specifically focused on South Asian fiction writing. Its key vision is to showcase and reward the best literary writing talent from this region and present it to a global audience.
The prize is committed to extend the conversation on South Asian writing and reaches out to various audiences through exciting and creative partnerships. The partnership with the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet will provide a significant impetus to the literature of this region as both the prize and the festival are strongly focused to further the cause of South Asian writing. The five member international jury panel which is adjudicating the books as well as the shortlisted authors would be invited to attend the Award Ceremony.
Speaking about the partnership, Surina Narula, founder of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature said, “We are delighted to partner with the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet to announce the winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 at this prestigious festival in January. We see a lot of positive synergies in this partnership as we both share a common vision to promote and highlight South Asian writing to more people across geographies through the forum of literature and the arts. In continuation of our tradition of announcing the winner in different South Asian countries by rotation, we are now happy to announce the DSC Prize 2018 winner at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet in Kolkata, India”.