Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri bags $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian fiction
January 23, 2015 10:57
Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri won the DSC Prize for South Asian fiction on Thursday, the third straight year a writer of Indian origin has carried off the annual $50,000 prize that recognises the region's top literary talent.
Lahiri, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000, was the best-known author on a shortlist of five writers with her entry "The Lowland," a tale of Indian brothers bound by tragedy.
The novel had been shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2013.
The winner was announced at an evening session of the annual literature festival in the Indian city of Jaipur, with Lahiri the only writer among the shortlisted authors not present.-- Reuters
Lahiri, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000, was the best-known author on a shortlist of five writers with her entry "The Lowland," a tale of Indian brothers bound by tragedy.
The novel had been shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2013.
The winner was announced at an evening session of the annual literature festival in the Indian city of Jaipur, with Lahiri the only writer among the shortlisted authors not present.-- Reuters
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