On ‘I Named My Sister Silence’: The second of the Scroll Books and Ideas video interviews with the shortlisted authors and translators of the 2023 JCB Prize.
The Shortlist features three translations, a debut novel and debut translation. Each shortlisted author will get Rs 1 lakh and an additional Rs 50,000 for the translator if the finalist book happens to be a translated work. The winner will be announced on November 18 and shall take away Rs 25 lakh.
The longlist for the sixth edition of the Prize features four translations, three debut novels and marks the return of authors Manoranjan Byapari and Perumal Murugan, whose works have been previously longlisted twice for the Prize, and of previously longlisted author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar as a translator.