DSC Prize 2016 Archive
Scroll through to see the announcements, press coverage, the shortlisted and longlisted books and the jury panel for The DSC Prize 2016.
The Winner Announcement
Anuradha Roy Wins The DSC Prize For South Asian Literature 2016
16th January 2016; Sri Lanka: Anuradha Roy has been announced as the winner of the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 for her novel, Sleeping on Jupiter at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka. In a glittering ceremony, the US $50,000 DSC Prize along with a unique trophy was awarded by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the winner.
Longlist for The DSC Prize 2016
Don’t Let Him Know by Sandip Roy
She Will Build Him A City by Raj Kamal Jha
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
Shortlist for The DSC Prize 2016
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
She Will Build Him a City by Raj Kamal Jha
The Book of Gold Leaves by Mirza Waheed
DSC Prize 2016 Jury Panel
Dennis Walder
Dennis Walder was born and brought up in Cape Town, and is a graduate of the Universities of Cape Town and Edinburgh...
Karen Allman
Karen Allman has worked as a bookseller for over twenty-five years, first at Seattle’s pioneering Red and Black Bookstore Collective, and...
Mark Tully
Mark Tully (Jury Chair) was born in Calcutta, did his schooling in Darjeeling and completed his masters in History and Theology from...
Neloufer de Mel
Neloufer de Mel is Senior Professor of English at the Department of English, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is the author of...
Syed Manzoorul Islam
Syed Manzoorul Islam, fiction writer, translator, art critic and curator teaches English at the University of Dhaka. Apart from academic...