The Hindu Literary Prize: Winner, Nomination Process, History
Established in 2010, The Hindu Literary Prize, also known as The Hindu Best Fiction Award, is an Indian literary prize presented by The Hindu Literary Review, a section of the daily The Hindu. Indian works that have been translated into English are recognised. The Hindu Literary Prize was established to recognise authors who have dedicated…
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Sahitya Akademi Award: Winners, History, Nomination Process.
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour given annually to authors of the best books with the highest literary merit that have been published in any of the 24 major Indian languages, including Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, English, Bengali, and Punjabi, as well as the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule…
PEN Faulkner Award: Winners, Nomination Process, History
The PEN Faulkner Foundation awards the best fiction written by American citizens each year with the PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction. Each of the four runner-ups earns US$5,000, while the winner receives US$15,000. At the presentation event held in the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Great Hall in Washington, D.C., the finalists recited passages from their works….
Pulitzer Prize: Winners, Nomination Process, History
The Pulitzer Prize is given to individuals who have excelled in American literature, music composition, magazine, newspaper, and online journalism. It is managed by Columbia University and was created in 1917 by stipulations in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, a newspaper magnate who had amassed a fortune. Each year, prizes are given out in twenty-one…
National Book Awards: Winners, Nomination Process, History
The National Book Awards are a group of yearly literary honours given out in the United States. The National Book Foundation rewards authors with two lifetime achievement awards in addition to the National Book Awards during the final National Book Awards Ceremony held each November. Read: How to Publish a Book and Becoming a Bestselling Author…
Top 10 Book Clubs in Delhi That Everyone Should Join
A Book Club in Delhi is what you need if you are the type of person who, when questioned about their hobbies, points to a bookshelf. Yes, Delhi is filled with libraries, colleges, and poetry groups where those who have a crazy passion for reading and literature frequently like to unwind. But recently, there is…
The Nobel Prize in Literature: Winners, Nomination Process.
The Nobel prize in Literature is awarded every year to an author from any country who has, in the words of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel’s will, “in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction”. History of Nobel Prize in Literature In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel specified…
Top 10 Book Clubs in Hyderabad That Everyone Should Join
Hyderabad has a lopping history of literary influence that stretches back to the 15th century, when the Qutb Shahi Dynasty promoted the development of Decani Urdu poetry. The Nizams’ 150-year reign over Hyderabad, also referred to as the city of the Nizams, is responsible for the city’s rich cultural history. They elevated Hyderabad to the…
Top 10 Book clubs in Kolkata That Everyone Should Join
Are you the type of bookworm who takes pleasure in scholarly disagreements and conversations about various literary genres? You must then actively participate in annual book fairs and keep an eye out for book clubs. Given that Kolkata is the cultural centre of India, it should come as no surprise that it ranks highly on…
Top 10 Book Clubs in Pune That Everyone Should Join
Being the friendly next-door neighbor to Mumbai, it is not unexpected that Pune’s young, hungry, fashionable, and technologically adept population has a strong literacy culture. Generation after generation has carried on that culture, and it only appears to be growing better. In this blog article we’ve provided all the information regrding top book clubs in…