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)
KLF Lifestyle/Biography/Environment & Emerging Trend Book Award Bimal Prasad & Sujata Prasad’s, The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan (Penguin) Hindol Sengupta’s Sing, Dance and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON (Penguin) Satyajit Ray Miscellany: On Life, Cinema, People & Much More (Penguin) Abhay K- The Book of Bihari…
KLF First Book Award 2022 Farah Bashir’s – Rumours of Spring HarperCollins) Sumit Sharma Sameer’s Wake Up Ali…Wake Up Now (Fiction, Vitasta) Pradeep Baishakh Faces of Inequality : Stories of the poor and underprivileged from India’s grassroots (Notion Press)
KLF Children Book Award 2022 Zarin Virji’s – Gopal’s Gully (Penguin)
KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 2022 Machhliyan Gayengi Ek Din Pandumgeet- Poonam Vasam (Vani Prakashan)