DSC Ltd, one of the fastest growing infrastructure companies in India announced the institution of an international literary prize, “The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature”, to celebrate the rich and varied literature connected to the subcontinent. The prize will award US$50,000 to the winner starting from 2011. The award will recognize writers of any ethnicity writing about South Asia and its Diasporas. The books competing for the prize must be an original work of fiction published during 1st April 2009 and 31st March 2010, written in English or translated into English.
The judging panel for the DSC prize will comprise persons of eminence in literature, arts and culture. The winner will be announced on the final day of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival in 2011. “The Daily Beast” website agreed to be an associate for this prize to help reach out to global audiences.
By instituting this prize, DSC Limited is extending its patronage of literature and the arts and championing a high profile literary award to help raise awareness of South Asian culture and its global influence. It is a seamless extension of its existing sponsorship of the Jaipur Literature Festival, and it hopes to inspire and encourage literary expression in India, South Asia, and the world.
The prize does not take into account the author's ethnicity and nationality. An author based in Europe or US can write about India and can meet the jury's expectation to win the prize. The book has to be in English - and it could also be an English translation of a book in a vernacular Indian language.
Submissions have just started coming in and the organizers will continue to accept them until April.
(New announcement about the prize http://asiawrites.blogspot.com/2010/03/official-announcement-50000-dsc-prize.html.)
The judging panel for the DSC prize will comprise persons of eminence in literature, arts and culture. The winner will be announced on the final day of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival in 2011. “The Daily Beast” website agreed to be an associate for this prize to help reach out to global audiences.
By instituting this prize, DSC Limited is extending its patronage of literature and the arts and championing a high profile literary award to help raise awareness of South Asian culture and its global influence. It is a seamless extension of its existing sponsorship of the Jaipur Literature Festival, and it hopes to inspire and encourage literary expression in India, South Asia, and the world.
The prize does not take into account the author's ethnicity and nationality. An author based in Europe or US can write about India and can meet the jury's expectation to win the prize. The book has to be in English - and it could also be an English translation of a book in a vernacular Indian language.
Submissions have just started coming in and the organizers will continue to accept them until April.
(New announcement about the prize http://asiawrites.blogspot.com/2010/03/official-announcement-50000-dsc-prize.html.)
