US $50,000 DSC Prize For South Asian Literature Announced

Tuesday 02 Feb 2010

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.

The prize will be administered by an international advisory panel, of which some of the confirmed members include Tina Brown, Urvashi Butalia, Lord Meghnad Desai, David Godwin, Nayantara Sehgal and Michael Worton.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr H.S. Narula, Chairman of DSC Limited, said "We have supported the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival for the past four years and are delighted to see it grow in stature to become the largest literary event in this region. I would like to use this forum to announce that in continuation of our patronage of literature, we are instituting The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. This is the first award of its kind and aims to recognize the talents of South Asian writing and support new writing about this region."

Further details about the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be announced shortly.