New York: Indian-origin author Kiran Desai on Monday made it to the final list of the prestigious 11th annual Kiriyama Prize for her fictional bestseller The Inheritance of Loss that won the Man Booker award last year.
Of the 10 finalists, two winners, one each for fiction and non-fiction works, will be named on March 27 as the winner of the Kiriyama prize that recognises "outstanding books that promote greater understanding of and among the nations of the Pacific Rim and of South Asia," a Kiriyama press release said.
The winners will share equally the USD 30,000 cash award. This year, authors from Canada, China, India, Japan, the UK and the US are vying for the prize.
Desai's book throws light on India in the 1980s, at the beginning of the Nepalese movement for an independent state.
The great granddaughter of famed naturalist Charles Darwin Ruth Padel, is also a finalist for her 'Tigers in Red Weather' a paean to the charismatic tiger, a plea to save them from extinction, and a fascinating look at different cultures' relationship to the animal, it said.
Suketu Mehta, Rohinton Mistry and Monica Ali are among the past finalists and winners of the Kiriyama Prize. Eligible books for the prize must be published in the US or Canada.
The Kiriyama Prize was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia that encourage greater mutual understanding of and among the peoples and nations of the vast and culturally diverse region.
Along with the winners and finalists, the Prize also publishes an annual list of notable books in the fiction and nonfiction categories, which are also drawn from the judging process.
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