Entries Open for New Rs 25 lakh Literary Award

KOCHI:
JCB Prize for Literature, funded by one of India’s leading manufacturer of earth moving and construction equipment, JCB India Ltd, and administered by the JCB Literature Foundation, is open for entries until May 31.
The award provides the winner with a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh and if the winning book is a translation, the translator will be awarded Rs 5 lakh. This year’s jury consists of: award-winning film director Deepa Mehta(Chair), founder of the Murty Classical Library of India, Rohan Murty, Yale University astrophysicist and writer Priyamvada Natarajan, prominent novelist, Vivek Shanbhag, and author and translator, Arshia Sattar.
For information about the Prize and how to enter, please visit: www.thejcbprize.org or books@thejcbprize.org