Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel ‘The Far Field’ wins 2019 JCB prize for Literature - Wiki king

Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel ‘The Far Field’ wins 2019 JCB prize for Literature - Wiki king

 

U.S. based-Indian author Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel, The Far Field bagged this year’s JCB prize for Literature, the most expensive Indian award for writing.

The novel, published by Fourth estate India , sets a complex personal story against the backdrop of the conflict in the 1990s in Kashmir.

She also received the Rs 25 lakh as the prize money, a sculpture by Delhi artist duo Thukral & Tagra entitled Mirror Melting.

About JCB prize :

JCB prize is an annual Indian literary award instituted in 2018. It is awarded to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or to a translated fiction by an Indian writer.

The award is funded by English construction manufacturing group JCB, which established the JCB Literature Foundation to maintain this award.

In 2018, the JCB Prize for Literature was awarded to Jasmine Days by Benyamin, translated from Malayalam by Shahnaz Habib.