Kailash Satyarthi is a social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education. he is the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” He is…
Sanjeev Sanyal is the Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India. An internationally acclaimed economist and best-selling author, he spent two decades in the financial sector and was Global Strategist & Managing Director at Deutsche Bank till 2015. He was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He is also…
Navtej Sarna was India’s Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Ambassador to Israel. He has also served as Secretary to the Government of India and as the Foreign Office Spokesperson. His earlier diplomatic assignments were in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Tehran, Geneva, and Washington DC. His literary work includes the novels The Exile and We…
Soumya P Sawkar is an Independent Artist and an Engineer. She has been practicing art from a very young age and is certified from California Institute of the Arts. She creates various forms of art works such as oil paintings, acrylic, gold foil, watercolors, resin, charcoal, and photo-ink paintings. She takes inspiration from nature to…
Shalini P Sawkar is an Indian Author, Columnist and TED Circles Speaker. Her debut novel, Confessions Of An IT Employee is an inspirational romantic comedy that won the Coimbatore Literary Awards 2020’ – Most Promising Fiction. Her short stories are: The Murder Of Jay Shekhar (2018), When I Find you (2021), The Code Of Conduct…
Abinash Bhattarai is a Nepali poet from Siraha District. An MA in English from Tribhuvan University, he is associated with Alag Abhiyan, a literary and cultural campaign. He has been the winner of National Poetry Competition-2080 organized by Gandaki Bangmaya Pratishthan (Damauli, Tanahu); National Poetry Competition-2081 (Rolpa); National Poetry Competition-2082 (Tarahara, Sunsari); and National Poetry…
Geetanjali Shree is an Indian novelist and short-story writer who is well known for her Hindi-language novel ‘Ret Samadhi’ (2018), which was translated into English as ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Daisy Rockwell. Shree rose to prominence in 2022 when ‘Tomb of Sand’ won the prestigious International Booker Prize. Geetanjali Shree is the author of three…
KLF Fiction Book Award 2022: ENGLISH Navtej Sarna’s Crimson Spring (Aleph Book Company) HINDI Pravin Kumar’s Amar Desva (Radhakrishna Prakashan/ Rajakamal Prakashan Samuh)
KLF Non-fiction Book Award 2022: ENGLISH Sanjeev Sanyal’s- Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its Freedom (HarperCollins) Akshaya Mukul’s- Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya (Penguin) HINDI Kailash Satyarthi’s – Tum Pehle Kyon Nahi Aaye (Rajakamal Prakasahn Samuh) Akhilesh’s – AKS (Setu Prakashan Samuh)
LF Book in Translation Award 2022 JADUNAMA: Javed Akhtar’s Journey (English) by Arvind Mandloi Translated by Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil (Amaryllis; Manjul) The Bride: The Maithili Classic Kanyadan By Harimohan Jha Translated by Lalit Kumar (HarperCollins)