- Vodafone Crossword Book Award
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Vodafone Crossword Book Award (formerly Hutch-Crossword Book Award) is an Indian book award sponsored by Vodafone and Crossword Bookstores.[1] It is India's biggest private sector award. [2] The Award was instituted in 1998 with the intention of competing with The Booker Prize, Commonwealth Writers' Prize or The Pulitzer Prize.
- While several Indian writers have won awards abroad, we had observed that there was no equivalent award in India. We therefore decided to take on the role of encouraging and promoting good Indian writing and instituted the Book Awards, in 1998. It is the only Indian award that not only recognizes and rewards good writing but also actively promotes the authors and their books.[1]
The award consists of a cash prize of Rs. three lakhs (300,000) and is awarded in four categories.[1]
Contents
Winners
Previous winners.[1]
2010
Awarded in 2011 for books published in 2010. The longlist was announced in May,[3] the shortlist in July[4] and the winners on Sept 2nd, 2011.[5]
- English Fiction: Jimmy the Terrorist, Omair Ahmad
- English Fiction: Saraswati Park, Anjali Joseph
- English Non Fiction: The Tell-Tale Brain, VS Ramachandran
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Litanies of Dutch Battery, NS Madhavan / translated by Rajesh Rajamohan
- Popular Award: Chanakya's Chant, Ashwin Sanghi
- Children's Literature: Faces in the Water, Ranjit Lal
2009
Awarded in 2010 for books published in 2009.[6] Inaugural year of Children's category.
- English Fiction: Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit by Kalpana Swaminathan
- English Non Fiction: Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
- English Non Fiction: Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (about Lee Kuan Yew)
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side by Sarah Joseph / translator Valson Thampu
- Popular Award: Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
- Children's Literature: The Grasshopper's Run by Siddhartha Sarma
2008
Awarded in 2009 for books published in 2008.[7]
- English Fiction: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
- English Fiction: Past Continuous by Neel Mukherjee
- English Non Fiction: Curfewed Nights by Basharat Peer
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: T’TA Professor by Manohar Shyam Joshi / translator Ira Pande
- Popular Award: Smokes & Mirrors by Pallavi Aiyar
2007
Awarded in 2008 for books published in 2007.
- English Fiction: A Girl and a River by Usha K. R.
- English Non Fiction: The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Chowringhee by Sankar / translator Arunava Sinha
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Govardhan's Travels by Anand C P Sachidanandan / translator Gita Krishnankutty
- Popular Award: The Music Room by Namita Devidayal
2006
Awarded in 2007 for books published in 2006. Name change to Vodafone Crossword Book Award.
- English Fiction: Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
- English Non Fiction: Two Lives by Vikram Seth
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: In a forest, a deer by C. S. Lakshmi (Ambai) / translator Lakshmi Holmström
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Kesavan's Lamentations by M. Mukundan
- Popular Award: The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
2005
Awarded in 2006 for books published in 2005. Last year known as the Hutch Crossword Book Award. Inaugural year of Non Fiction and Popular Award categories.
- English Fiction: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
- English Non Fiction: Maximum City: Bombay Lost & Found by Suketu Mehta
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: The Heart Has Its Reasons by Krishna Sobti
- Popular Award: Pundits From Pakistan by Rahul Bhattacharya
2004
- English Fiction: The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Astride the Wheel (Yantrarudha) by Chandrasekhar Rath translated by Jatindra Kumar Nayak
2000
- English Fiction: The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes by Jamyang Norbu
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: Karukku by Bama / translator Lakshmi Holmström
1999
- English Fiction: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth
- Indian Language Fiction Translation: On the Banks of the Mayyazhi by M. Mukundan
1998
- English Fiction: The Everest Hotel by I. Allan Sealy
Notes
- ^ a b c d Vodafone Crossword Book Award
- ^ "Rushdie, Naipaul shortlisted for Crossword award", The Times of India, January 18 2006, Mumbai
- ^ Longlist for Vodafone Crossword Book Award, The Asia Writes Project, May 8, 2011
- ^ Shortlist 2011
- ^ "Vodafone Crossword book awards 2010 announced", IBN Live, Sep 03
- ^ "Mumbaikar brings home fiction award", The Times of India, Aug 21, 2010
- ^ "Amitav Ghosh, Neel Mukherjee win Vodafone-Crossword award", Thaindian News, July 23rd, 2009
External links
Categories:- Indian literary awards
- Awards established in 1998
- Translation awards
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