DSC Prize 2019 Archive
Scroll through to see the announcements, press coverage, the shortlisted and longlisted books and the jury panel for The DSC Prize 2019.
The Winner Announcement
Amitabha Bagchi Wins The DSC Prize For South Asian Literature
16th December, Pokhara, Nepal: Amitabha Bagchi’s brilliant novel “Half The Night Is Gone” has won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019. The announcement was made at a special Award Ceremony at the IME Nepal Literature Festival today in the picturesque city of Pokhara. Honorable Mr Pradeep Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, along with Surina Narula, co-founder of the DSC Prize presented the winner’s trophy to Amitabha Bagchi in an event attended by key dignitaries, literary enthusiasts, writers and media.
Longlist for The DSC Prize 2019
Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy
Half the Night is Gone by Amitabha Bagchi
The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S Laskar
The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto
Shortlist for The DSC Prize 2019
Half the Night is Gone by Amitabha Bagchi
99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
DSC Prize 2019 Jury Panel
Harish Trivedi
Harish Trivedi (Jury Chair) former Professor of English at the University of Delhi, was visiting professor at the universities of Chicago...
Carmen Wickramagamage
Carmen Wickramagamage is Professor in English and Head of the Department of English at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Jeremy Tambling
Jeremy Tambling (BA York, M.Phil Nottingham, PhD, Essex) was Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong
Kunda Dixit
Kunda Dixit is the Editor and Co-Publisher of the Nepali Times newspaper in Kathmandu. He is a graduate of Columbia University...
Rifat Munim
Rifat Munim is a bilingual writer, essayist, and translator. He is the literary editor of Dhaka Tribune, a leading English daily...