Crossword Book Award: Winners, Nomination Process, History
An Indian book award known as the Crossword Book Award is presented by Crossword Bookstores and their sponsors. In order to compete with The Booker Prize, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, or The Pulitzer Prize, Indian book seller Crossword established the Award in 1998. Read: Learn how to create and Publish a cookbook for free? How Crossword Bookstore…
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International Dublin Literary Award: Winners, History
The International Dublin Literary Award, formerly known as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, is given annually for a novel published in English or that has been translated into English (Irish: Duais Liteartha Idirnáisinta Bhaile tha Chliath). It is sponsored primarily by Dublin City Council in Ireland and encourages the best in international literature. Read: List of…
America Award: Winners, History, Nomination Process
For writers from other countries, the America Award is a lifetime achievement prize in literature. As a modest endeavour to offer alternatives to the Nobel Prize in Literature, as it describes itself. It was initially displayed in 1994. There is no cash prize associated with the honour. It is supported by the publisher Green Integer…
Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Winner, History
The University of Oklahoma and its international literary journal, World Literature Today, jointly sponsor the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, which is given out every two years. It is sometimes likened to the Nobel Prize in Literature as one of the more prominent international literary awards. Read: Sahitya Akademi Award: Winners, History, Nomination Process In 1982,…
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…
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…
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…
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