![]() ![]() The award carries a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh for the author. “This award will help me to reach out to non-Malayalam readers in particular across the English speaking countries, maybe even beyond that if the book is translated in other languages,” Mukundan said while accepting the award. It gives the selected book and its author an immense visibility beating all the borders of cultures and languages. ![]() In India, we have many awards, big and small but the JCB Prize is incomparable. “It is a moment that I will cherish all my life. Published by Westland, the book is a narrative of epic proportions that casts an unflinching gaze at the country’s capital as it changes into the megalopolis that it is today. This is the third translation that has won the JCB Prize after S Hareesh's 'Moustache (2020) and Benyamin's 'Jasmine Days' (2018). ![]() The book originally written in Malayalam has been translated into English by Fathima E.V. 'Delhi: A Soliloquy' by Malayalam writer M Mukundan has won the 2021 JCB Prize for literature, the most expensive Indian award for writing. ![]()
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