Important Facts For Prelims
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019
- 17 Dec 2019
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Author Amitabha Bagchi has won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his fiction novel - Half The Night Is Gone.
- The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature celebrates the rich and varied world of literature of the South Asian region. Authors could belong to this region through birth or be of any ethnicity but the writing should pertain to the South Asian region in terms of content and theme.
- The South Asian region includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
- The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature was instituted in 2010 by its founders, Surina Narula and Manhad Narula. The prize is now administered by the South Asian Literature Prize & Events Trust which is focused on improving the quality of life in South Asian society.
- The DSC Prize carries an award of US $25,000 and over the last eight years, the prize has generated tremendous response in international literary forums.
- DSC Prize Secretariat is located in New Delhi.
