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POKHARA: Amitabha Bagchi on Monday won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his novel 'Half the Night is Gone'.
The book beat '99 Nights in Logar' (Jamil Jan Kochai), 'The Far Field' (Madhuri Vijay), 'There's Gunpowder in the Air' (Manoranjan Byapari, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha), 'The City and the Sea' (Raj Kamal Jha) and 'The Empty Room' (Sadia Abbas) for the USD 25,000 prize.
The prize was awarded at the IME Nepal Literature Festival which concluded on Monday here.
Bagchi was congratulated by several Twitter users, including writer Kanak Dixit.
Bagchi was handed over the prize by Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali.
This year's international jury panel was headed by Harish Trivedi and had Jeremy Tambling, Kunda Dixit, Carmen Wickramagamage and Rifat Munim as its other members.
The festival was organised at the Taalbarahi Chowk on the bamk of lake Fema in this picturesque Nepal city.
The book beat '99 Nights in Logar' (Jamil Jan Kochai), 'The Far Field' (Madhuri Vijay), 'There's Gunpowder in the Air' (Manoranjan Byapari, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha), 'The City and the Sea' (Raj Kamal Jha) and 'The Empty Room' (Sadia Abbas) for the USD 25,000 prize.
Presenting the ninth winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Amitabha Bagchi for his brilliant novel ‘H… https://t.co/XXwgguN0rr
— The DSC Prize (@thedscprize) 1576500416000The prize was awarded at the IME Nepal Literature Festival which concluded on Monday here.
Bagchi was congratulated by several Twitter users, including writer Kanak Dixit.
Congratulations to Amitabha Bagchi for winning the DSC Prize for Southasian Literature, handed out for the first ti… https://t.co/IwBWLnu6E4
— Kanak Mani Dixit (@KanakManiDixit) 1576500569000Amitabha Bagchi has won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his book ‘Half the Night is Gone’ @Nepallitfest https://t.co/zTezoKyWHK
— लामिछाने काजि (@KhimLamichhane) 1576503014000So proud to see @Ajapa_Sharma talk to Amitabha Bagchi today at the @Nepallitfest. As it turns out Amitabha won… https://t.co/wivd61mECf
— Hari Sharma (@harijuhang) 1576502158000Last session of #IMENepalLitFest on the banks of Fewa Lake, Pokhara by @Nepallitfest. Amitabha Bagchi won… https://t.co/3gy3xUSwPU
— अनार्य (@jhabadrinath) 1576502960000Bagchi was handed over the prize by Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali.
This year's international jury panel was headed by Harish Trivedi and had Jeremy Tambling, Kunda Dixit, Carmen Wickramagamage and Rifat Munim as its other members.
The festival was organised at the Taalbarahi Chowk on the bamk of lake Fema in this picturesque Nepal city.
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