New Delhi: Six books including "River of Smoke" by Amitav Ghosh, "Narcopolis" by Jeet Thayil and "The Wandering" by Pakistan-based author Jamil Ahmad, have been shortlisted for the DSC South Asian Literature Prize 2013.
The list, announced in a gala at the Mayfair Hotel in London, it includes six writers -- three Indians, two Pakistani and one from Bangladesh -- besides an American translator for the $50,000 prize. The finalist will be announced at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival January 2013.
The jury of poet K. Satchidanandan, critic Muneeza Shamsie, Elliot Bay author reading programme founder Rick Simonson, Kathmandu Literary Jatra director Suvani Singh and Palestinian Festival of Literature co-founder Eleanor O'Keefe deliberated the list from a selection of 16 books.
Chair of the jury K. Satchidanandan said: "There were 81 entries for the prize this year, from authors and translators across India, Australia, Britain, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, reflecting the importance of South Asia's rapidly expanding book market."...
more
11:32 AM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: In todays market-driven world, have the soul, spirit and persona of the writer undergone change? Is he more marketer than writer, keeping his eyes firmly on market-forces and hot-wiring his talent to tango with themes that are reader friendly? Is he exploring and exploiting the public space accessible via new technology and forums to ensure and maximize mass connect? Does the interaction not diminish the very magic and...
05:56 PM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: The magic of Booker Prize shortlisted Amitav Ghosh's novel, "The Sea of Poppies," a gripping tale of the sea journey of indentured labourers during the 1830s, just before the Opium War, is set to be translated on celluloid. Tentatively titled "Afeem Ka Sagar," some of the most compelling parts of the film have been planned to be shot in Bhojpuri, a dialect spoken in Bihar and eastern Uttar...
11:32 AM, Jul 13, 2012
London: Works of three Indian writers " Amitav Ghosh, Rahul Bhattacharya and Jahnavi Barua " have been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. Ghoshs River of Smoke, The Sly Company of People Who Care by Bhattacharya and Baruas Rebirth are the novels that figure in the shortlist, announced in London on Tuesday. Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan, The Wandering Falcon), Kyung-sook Shin (South Korea, Please Look After Mom), Yan Lianke...
10:50 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: It all began in 2005 when Anupam Barve bought novelist Amitav Ghosh's 'The Shadow Lines' from a bookshop in Jawaharlal Nehru University. The filmmaker from Pune wrote to the author, saying he wanted to adapt the book to celluloid. He has now signed a contract with Ghosh. Barve was convinced he could make a gripping script out of the story about the narrator's family in Kolkata and Dhaka...
10:31 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: The forthcoming books of five Indian authors " 'Rebirth' by Jahnavi Barua, 'River of Smoke' by Amitav Ghosh, 'The Sly Company of People Who Care' by Rahul Bhattacharya, 'The Folded Earth' by Anuradha Roy and 'The Valley of Masks' by Tarun J Tejpal " have made their place in the illustrious list of literary honour. Twelve novels from Japan, Iran, China, India, Pakistan, South Korea and Bangledesh were...
07:01 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: Seven writers, including Amitav Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay and UR Ananthamurthy, are in the fray for the Hindu Best Fiction Award 2011, the Chennai-based newspaper group has announced. The shortlist for the award was unveiled by journalist Manu Joseph, who won the award last year for his 'Serious Men', at the end of the day-long Hindu Lit for Life festival Sunday evening in the presence of the panel of...
01:49 PM, Sep 26, 2011
I can say with certainty that 'River of Smoke' will and does not disappoint fans of the Ibis saga. Ghosh has crafted a book that draws the reader into the personal stories of his characters, while giving us a rarely-described perspective on history. In some ways, this is a fabulous piece to read with books like Heart of Darkness (what did the communities on the shore think?) or even Confessions...
12:20 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Parsi community is an amazing pool of talent, having created modern India as we know it, says one of the country's foremost novelists and chronicler Amitav Ghosh, who tails his Parsi protagonist, Bombay merchant Bahramji Naurozji Modi to China in his new novel, "River of Smoke" - the second book in the Ibis trilogy. The first book of the trilogy, "Sea of Poppies", a saga of migration...
06:16 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Amitav Ghosh in a special interview to CNN-IBN speaks about on his new book 'River of Smoke', the sequel to 'Sea of Poppies'. ...
03:12 PM, Jun 19, 2011
Which book will you prefer to read out of this summer's awesome twosome? Amitav Ghosh's 'River of Smoke', the second novel in the Ibis Trilogy or Aravind Adiga's 'Last Man in Tower'?
06:08 PM, Jun 18, 2011
One of India's best-known writers Amitav Ghosh speaks on VS Naipaul's recent comment on women authors. ...
11:41 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Amitav Ghosh weighed in on the Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare's method of tackling corruption. ...
09:35 AM, Jun 14, 2011
June will be a big bang month for English fiction from Indian writers with global reputations. If you're compiling your summer reading list, make sure you include what promises to be an awesome twosome: Amitav Ghosh's 'River of Smoke', the second novel in the Ibis Trilogy. And Aravind Adiga's 'Last Man in Tower'. Both carry a raft of expectations with them, and chances are readers won't be disappointed by either....
08:12 PM, May 11, 2011
Amitav Ghosh's
Sea of Poppies won the Jury Prize for Best Book. ...
02:36 AM, Sep 10, 2009
His novel is about an orphan called Ritwik Ghosh. ...
12:32 PM, Jul 27, 2009
The awards were announced in the Nehru Auditorium, Mumbai. ...
12:27 PM, Jul 24, 2009
His
The Enchantress of Florence is in reckoning for the awards. ...
02:41 PM, Jul 21, 2009
Aravind Adiga and Amitav Ghosh amongst the forerunners. ...
10:05 AM, Oct 14, 2008
Big names like Salman Rushdie and Joseph O' Neill were left out. ...
12:46 AM, Sep 11, 2008
