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    Anthea Bell, legendary translator of ‘Asterix’ dies at 82

    She was known for her translation of both children’s books as well as works by writers such as Franz Kafka and WG Sebald.
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    Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé wins ‘Alternative Literature Nobel’

    The one-time New Academy Prize in Literature was set up as an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was not awarded this year.
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    Arundhati Roy and Jeet Thayil on the longlist of the 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

    16 novels are in the running for the $25,000 literary prize.
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    Two translations and a debut novel on the shortlist of the 2018 JCB Prize for Literature

    The winner from the shortlist of five novels will be announced on October 24.
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    The Man Booker Prize 2018 shortlist is here. (The graphic novel did not make it.)

    Golden Booker winner Michael Ondaatje is out, and the prize gets its youngest ever shortlisted author.
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    Perumal Murugan’s ‘One Part Woman’ on the translated books longlist for the US National Book Awards

    The book, translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan, is on the longlist of a newly established category for translated literature of the prestigious prize.
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    The JCB Prize for Literature announces its very first longlist of ten titles for 2018

    India’s richest literary prize will award Rs 25 lakh to the winning author, to be revealed on October 27.
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    New India Foundation announces its shortlist for the first Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize

    The winner of the prize, which recognises works on post-independence India, will be announced in October.
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    Neil Gaiman and Haruki Murakami selected as finalists for the ‘Alternative Literature Nobel’

    The four finalists for the New Academy Prize were selected through a popular vote. The prize was set up after the cancellation of the 2018 Literature Nobel.
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    The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize announces its shortlist for 2018

    The literary award for debut writers comes with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh. The winner will be announced in November.
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    Trinidadian writer Kevin Jared Hosein bags top spot in the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

    Hosein was named as the recipient of the overall prize from among five regional winners, which included Indian writer Sagnik Datta.
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    ‘The English Patient’ by Michael Ondaatje declared the best Booker Prize winner in 50 years

    The novel, which won the Man Booker in 1992, won the Golden Man Booker Prize in a public poll.
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    Amish Tripathi’s new novel ‘​​Suheldev And The Battle of Bahraich’ releasing on July 16

    Fans of his ‘Ramachandra’ series might have to wait till early next year, however.
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    Kamila Shamsie wins the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel ‘Home Fire’

    The prestigious literary award comes with a cash prize of £30,000.
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    Two stories from India are on this year’s shortlist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

    The 24 stories on the shortlist were chosen from 5,182 entries.
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