Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize

The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize is a literary honour in India conferred annually to published works of Indian authors (residing in India or abroad) in novel, short stories, poetry and drama, originally written in any of Indian official languages and dialects, but translated to English. It was founded in 2018 by US-based independent and non-profit publishing house Maitreya Publishing Foundation (MPF)[1] as a platform for world peace, literature, art, education and human rights. The winners receive USD 10,000 as the prize money along with a Rabindranath Tagore statuette while the shortlisted authors each receive USD 500.[2][3]

The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize
Literary award
Awarded forOutstanding work by an Indian Author
Sponsored byMaitreya Publishing Foundation
Reward(s)USD 10,000 (2018-2019)
USD 5,000 (2020)
First awarded2018
Last awarded2020
Most recent winnerThe City And The Sea, Raj Kamal Jha
Highlights
First winnerOne hundread poems of Kabir, Kabir
Last winnerThe City And The Sea, Raj Kamal Jha
Websitetagoreprize.com

The 2019 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize in literature was awarded to Rana Dasgupta for the literary novel “Solo’’. Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 for Social Achievement was awarded to Yohei Sasakawa, for his incredible efforts to uproot leprosy and his great contribution to world peace, and to Madame President of Taiwan, Ms. Tsai Ing-Wen and Taiwanese people, as being a Beacon of Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom.[4]

in 2020 Rabindranath Tagore Prize for Social Achievement was conferred to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, the late Sultan of Oman and The People of Oman, for his astounding lifelong efforts and legacy as a peacemaker, his Majesty’s velvety diplomatic mediation of complex domestic and world affairs resulting in successful peaceful resolutions and to the world-renowned dancer choreographer Sandip Soparrkar for his worldwide initiative 'Dance for a Cause' where he uses dance, music and drama to highlight various world social issues.[5] Whereas Raj Kamal Jha announced the winner of the Tagore Literary Prize for his novel – The City and the Sea.[6]

Winners and shortlisted authors

The winners and shortlisted authors of Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize are.[7][8][9]

Year Author Title
2018
Kabir (translated to english by Rabindranath Tagore) One Hundred Poems of Kabir (poetry)
Vinita Agrawal The Silk of Hunger (poetry)
Maj. Gen. G.D. Bakshi Dances with the Cranes (poetry)
Tishani Doshi Pleasure Seekers (novel)
Amitav Ghosh The Ibis Trilogy (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, Flood of Fire) (novels)
Jhumpa Lahiri Unaccustomed Earth (short stories)
Anita Nair The Lilac House (novel)
Daya Pawar Kondwada (poetry)
Kiriti Sengupta Healing Waters Floating Lamps (poetry)
Amish Tripathi Shiva Trilogy – (The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras) (novels)
2019
Rana Dasgupta Solo (literary fiction)
Amit Chaudhuri The Immortals (literary fiction)
K. Madavane To Die in Benares (translated from the French language by Blake Smith, literary fiction (poetic prose/short stories))
Jayanta Mahapatra Hesitant Light (poetry)
Neel Mukherjee The Lives of Others (literary fiction)
Manoj Pandey The Legacy of Nothing (illustrations by Yuko Shimizu, literary fiction (poetic prose/ short stories))
Kala Ramesh Beyond the Horizon Beyond (haiku & haibun)
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay (literary fiction)
Menka Shivdasani Frazil (poetry)
Jeet Thayil The Book of Chocolate Saints (literary fiction)
2020
Raj Kamal Jha The City and the Sea (literary fiction)[10]
Amitav Ghosh Gun Island literary (fiction)
Nirmala Govindarajan Taboo (literary fiction)
Ranjit Hoskote Jonahwhale (poetry)
Sachin Kundalkar translated from Marathi into English by Jerry Pinto Cobalt blue (literary fiction)
Varun Thomas Mathew The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay (literary fiction)
Sonnet Mondal Karmic Chant (poetry)
Rochelle Potkar Paper Asylum (haibun)
Bijoya Sawian Shadow Men (literary fiction)
Sudeep Sen EroText (literary fiction, experimental fiction)

Tagore Prize for Social Achievements

It is awarded annually along with the literary award to recognise those who have made a positive and lasting impact on the society.

Tagore Prize for Social Achievements
YearAwarded to
2018Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation [11]
2019Yohei Sasakawa and Ms. Tsai Ing-Wen and Taiwanese people [12]
2020His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said and the People of Oman and Sandip Soparrkar a renowned Indian dancer choreographer [13]

References

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