SheThePeople announces Women Writers Prize shortlist
New Delhi Feb 18 PTI Books by Naheed Phiroze Patel Ambai Sarah Joseph Selma Carvalho Tarana Husain Khan and Krupa Ge have made it to the shortlist of SheThePeoples inaugural Women Writers PrizeNovels and short story collections written by Indian women authors residing in India are eligible for the prize which carries prize money of Rs 50000 and will be announced in MarchIn case of translated work the award money will be shared equally between writer and translatorThe shortlisted works are A Mirror Made of Rain Patel A Red-necked Green Bird Ambai translated by GJV Prasad Budhini Joseph translator Sangeetha Sreenivasan Sisterhood of Swans Carvalho The Begum and the Dastan Khan and What We Know About Her GeThe six books were selected by a jury comprising Preeti Gill G Sampath and Lakshmi SubodhThe Women Writers Prize aims to recognise the works of women writers and their worldview The selection of works spans from debut novels to translated ones of experienced authors tracing stories from across the globe and deeply focusing on their tapestry of experience and imaginationSpeaking on the diverse shortlist Padma Shri author and prize mentor Shashi Deshpande said The value and reputation of any literary award depends on the books that seek the award Considering this the shortlist of the newly instituted Women Writers Prize is a great beginning It is an excitingly eclectic list with a melange of writers from different backgrounds belonging to different generations and books with very varied themes According to her this list seems to validate the need for an exclusive prize for the writing of womenToo often we have seen lists in which womens writing is pushed into the also-ran category It is now for the judges to tackle the hard job of selecting one out of these deserving six as the final winner she addedShaili Chopra is the prize founder and Shinie Antony the prize curator PTI ZMN RB RB
New Delhi Feb 18 PTI Books by Naheed Phiroze Patel Ambai Sarah Joseph Selma Carvalho Tarana Husain Khan and Krupa Ge have made it to the shortlist of SheThePeoples inaugural Women Writers PrizeNovels and short story collections written by Indian women authors residing in India are eligible for the prize which carries prize money of Rs 50000 and will be announced in MarchIn case of translated work the award money will be shared equally between writer and translatorThe shortlisted works are A Mirror Made of Rain Patel A Red-necked Green Bird Ambai translated by GJV Prasad Budhini Joseph translator Sangeetha Sreenivasan Sisterhood of Swans Carvalho The Begum and the Dastan Khan and What We Know About Her GeThe six books were selected by a jury comprising Preeti Gill G Sampath and Lakshmi SubodhThe Women Writers Prize aims to recognise the works of women writers and their worldview The selection of works spans from debut novels to translated ones of experienced authors tracing stories from across the globe and deeply focusing on their tapestry of experience and imaginationSpeaking on the diverse shortlist Padma Shri author and prize mentor Shashi Deshpande said The value and reputation of any literary award depends on the books that seek the award Considering this the shortlist of the newly instituted Women Writers Prize is a great beginning It is an excitingly eclectic list with a melange of writers from different backgrounds belonging to different generations and books with very varied themes According to her this list seems to validate the need for an exclusive prize for the writing of womenToo often we have seen lists in which womens writing is pushed into the also-ran category It is now for the judges to tackle the hard job of selecting one out of these deserving six as the final winner she addedShaili Chopra is the prize founder and Shinie Antony the prize curator PTI ZMN RB RB
