The Established in conversation with the shortlisted authors for the JCB Prize for Literature 2023

In its sixth year, the JCB Prize for Literature announced its shortlist for 2023 featuring authors whose writing traverses a range of themes—from Dalit and Adivasi lives, to a roman-à-clef on a master craftsman from the Mughal era, and a world of stories in between.

This year’s jury comprised writer-editor Somak Ghoshal, and surgeon and writer Kaveri Nambisan, while it was chaired by author and translator Srinath Perur. The prize recognises Indian fiction writers who have successfully captured the essence of the country’s trials, tribulations, and social and intellectual landscapes across time and space, with this year’s shortlist of five featuring ‘The Secret of More’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm (@tejaswini_apte_rahm) (Aleph Book Company, 2022); ‘The Nemesis’ by Manoranjan Byapari, translated from the Bengali by V. Ramaswamy (Westland Books, 2023); ‘Fire Bird’ by Perumal Murugan, translated from the Tamil by Janani Kannan (Penguin Random House India, 2023); ‘Mansur’ by Vikramajit Ram (Pan Macmillan India, 2022); and ‘I Named my Sister Silence’ by Manoj Rupda, translated from the Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar (Westland Books, 2023).

In a freewheeling conversation with The Established’s Culture Editor Arshia Dhar in Jaipur, the authors talk about their books and share their views on literary cultures and trends.

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