Author Jerry Pinto wins Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction

March 01, 2016 18:59

Indian author Jerry Pinto on Tuesday was named one of the nine winners of the $150,000 (about Rs 1 crore) Windham-Campbell Prize from Yale University. Recipients are honoured for their literary achievements or their potential.

The writers -- who hail from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, and Ireland -- were chosen in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and drama.

This year's recipients are, in drama: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (United States), Hannah Moscovitch (Canada), and Abbie Spallen (Ireland); in fiction, Tessa Hadley (United Kingdom), C E Morgan (United States), and Jerry Pinto (India); and in non-fiction, Hilton Als (United States), Stanley Crouch (United States), and Helen Garner (Australia).

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