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Amitav Ghosh wins Jnanpith Award 2018

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Acclaimed English novelist Amitav Ghosh was honoured with the 54th <em>Jnanpith Award.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amitav Ghosh becomes the first writer in English to win Jnanpith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of his popular works include "The Circle of Reason", "The Shadow Lines", "The Calcutta Chromosome", "The Glass Palace", "The Hungry Tide" and the Ibis trilogy that includes "Sea of Poppies", "River of Smoke", and "Flood of Fire".</span><br />
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Amitav Ghosh wins Jnanpith Award 2018

Acclaimed English novelist Amitav Ghosh was honoured with the 54th Jnanpith Award. Amitav Ghosh becomes the first writer in English to w...

Exam Warriors- Book by Narendra Modi launched.

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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar & EAM Sushma Swaraj launch 'Exam Warriors', a book written by PM Narendra Modi for students .<br />
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The book is a compilation of Indian PM's views from his Mann ki Baat radio show on tackling exam for students. The book offers 25 mantras to students on how to counter exam stress. <br />
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'Exam Warriors' has been published by noted publishers Penguin India.<br />
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Exam Warriors- Book by Narendra Modi launched.

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar & EAM Sushma Swaraj launch 'Exam Warriors', a book written by PM Narendra Modi for students . ...

2017 Vyas Samman for Hindi writer Mamta Kalia

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Eminent Hindi writer Mamta Kalia will be honoured with literary award Vyas Samman 2017 for the novel "Dukkham Sukkham".<br />
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The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991. It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation.<br />
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2017 Vyas Samman for Hindi writer Mamta Kalia

Eminent Hindi writer Mamta Kalia will be honoured with literary award Vyas Samman 2017 for the novel "Dukkham Sukkham". The ...

Joy Goswami selected for Moortidevi Award 2017

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 Bengali poet Joy Goswami will be given the 31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017<br />
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<li>Christmas o Sheeter Sonnetguchchho (1976)</li>
<li>Protnojeeb (1978)</li>
<li>Aleya Hrod (1981)</li>
<li>Unmader Pathokromo (1986)</li>
<li>Bhutumbhogoban (1988)</li>
<li>Ghumiyechho Jhaupata? (1989)</li>
<li>Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo</li>
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The Moortidevi Award is an India literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation, to an author. The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, and in English</div>
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Joy Goswami selected for Moortidevi Award 2017

Bengali poet Joy Goswami will be given the 31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017 Important Works Christmas o Sheeter Sonnetgu...

2017 Jnanpith Award for Krishna Sobti

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Noted Hindi writer Krishna Sobti honoured with 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017<br />
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The award consists of cash prize of Rs 11 lakh, a certificate and a memento<br />
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Krishna Sobti is a Hindi fiction writer and essayist, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel Zindaginama and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest award of the Akademi.<br />
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2017 Jnanpith Award for Krishna Sobti

Noted Hindi writer Krishna Sobti honoured with 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017 The award consists of cash prize...

George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

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American short story writer <b>George Saunders</b> won the 2017 Man Booker prize for his first full-length novel, '<b>Lincoln in the Bardo</b>'.<br />
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The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son William Wallace Lincoln and deals with the president's grief at his loss. The bulk of the novel, which takes place over the course of a single evening, is set in the bardo—an intermediate space between life and rebirth.</div>
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George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

American short story writer George Saunders won the 2017 Man Booker prize for his first full-length novel, ' Lincoln in the Bardo ...

2017 Vayalar Award for T D Ramakrishnan

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T D Ramakrishnan selected for Vayalar award 2017<br />
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</span> It is a novel that tells the story of Tamils in Sri Lanka.The novel is inspired by the life story of Tamil human rights activist Rajini Tirunagama </div>

2017 Vayalar Award for T D Ramakrishnan

T D Ramakrishnan selected for Vayalar award 2017 ഈ വർഷത്തെ വയലാർ അവാർഡ് നോവലിസ്റ്റും വിവർത്തകനുമായ ടി.ഡി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന്. 'സുഗന്ധി എന...

2017 Man Booker International Prize for David Grossman

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2017 Man Booker International Prize for David Grossman

Israeli author David Grossman won the Man Booker International Prize for his book 'A Horse Walks Into a Bar', sharing the award wit...

New Book of Ivanka Trump released - Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success

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Ivanka Trump is daughter of US President Donald Trump. She wrote this book before the 2016 election, when she was the executive vice president of development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization, cofounder of Trump Hotels, and CEO and founder of the Ivanka Trump Collection and IvankaTrump.com. <br />
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Ivanka is donating the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund.  <br />
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She is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is the bestselling author of The Trump Card. Ivanka has been included on Fortune magazine’s prestigious “40 Under 40” list and was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She and her husband have three young children and live in Washington, D.C.</div>

New Book of Ivanka Trump released - Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success

Ivanka Trump is daughter of US President Donald Trump. She wrote this book before the 2016 election, when she was the executive vice presid...

Vyas Samman 2016 for Surendra Verma

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Renowned Hindi writer Surendra Verma selected for 2016 Vyas Samman award. Vyas Samman 2016. He was chosen for this award for his novel, Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha : Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se, published in 2010.<br />
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The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991. It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation and includes a cash payout of Rs 2.5 lakhs.</div>

Vyas Samman 2016 for Surendra Verma

Renowned Hindi writer Surendra Verma selected for 2016 Vyas Samman award. Vyas Samman 2016. He was chosen for this award for his novel, Kaa...

2016 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for S. Nihal Singh

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Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh has been chosen for the 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 2016' for his outstanding contribution to journalism<br />
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It is presented by the Press Council of India for the Excellence in Journalism.<br />
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The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.<br />
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He will be honoured on National Press Day November 16, 2016 at Vigyan Bhavan.<br />
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2016 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for S. Nihal Singh

Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh has been chosen for the 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 2016' for his outstanding contribution to journa...

Man Booker Prize 2016 Winner: Paul Beatty

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Paul Beatty was named as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker prize for "The Sellout".<br />
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His novel "The Sellout" tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate slavery and racial segregaion in a asuburb of Los Angels.<br />
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language and published in the UK.</div>

Man Booker Prize 2016 Winner: Paul Beatty

Paul Beatty was named as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker prize for "The Sellout". His novel "The S...

Dogri Poetess Padma Sachdev selected for 2015 Saraswati Samman

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★Jammu-born poet and novelist Padma Sachdev has been chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 for her autobiography in Dogri language.<br />
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★ She has been chosen for her autobiography ‘<b>Chitt-Chete</b>’ written in Dogri language and published in 2007.<br />
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• In her 662-page autobiography, Ms. Sachdev has included some historic photographs with dignitaries from her state, nation and the world.<br />
• Her work was selected by the jury presided by former Chief Justice AS Anand from 22 works in as many languages published between the years 2005-2014.<br />
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► About Padma Sachdev<br />
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Padma Sachdev, who writes in Hindi and native Dogri, has 60 books to her credit.<br />
She has been a recipient of Sahitya Akademi in 1971 for her book of poetry ‘Meri Kavita Mere Geet’.<br />
Some of her famous books are Tavi Te Chanhan (1976), Nheriyan Galiyan (1982), Pota Pota Nimbal (1987), Uttar Vahini (1992) and Tainthian (1992).<br />
She also has been awarded Padma Shri (2001), India’s 4th highest civilian award and the Kabir Samman for poetry (2007-08) by Government of Madhya Pradesh.<br />
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► About Saraswati Samman<br />
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★ <u>Established</u>: <b>1991</b> by the <b>K. K. Birla Foundation</b>.<br />
★ Saraswati Samman is an annual award bestowed upon Indian citizen for his outstanding literary work written in any Indian language mentioned in Schedule VIII of Constitution and published during last 10 years.<br />
★ The award carries an award money of Rs 15 lakh, a citation and a plaque.<br />
★ Eminent Hindi author <b>Harivansh Rai Bachchan </b>was the first recipient of this award for his autobiography in four volumes</div>

Dogri Poetess Padma Sachdev selected for 2015 Saraswati Samman

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On My Terms - Book by Sharad Powar Released

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Svetlana Alexievich from Belarus wins 2015 Nobel Prize for Literaure

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Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer, writing in Russian.<br />
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The 2015 NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich  “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”<br />
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Born: 31 May 1948 in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk<br />
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Alexievich worked as a teacher and as a journalist, and she studied journalism at the University of Minsk between 1967 and 1972.<br />
After her graduation she was referred to a local newspaper in Brest near the Polish border, because of her oppositional views. She later returned to Minsk and began an employment at the newspaper Sel’skaja Gazeta. For many years, she collected materials for her first book U vojny ne ženskoe lico (1985; War’s Unwomanly Face, 1988), which is based on interviews with hundreds of women who participated in the Second World War. This work is the first in Alexievich’s grand cycle of books, “Voices of Utopia”, where life in the Soviet Union is depicted from the perspective of the individual. </div>

Svetlana Alexievich from Belarus wins 2015 Nobel Prize for Literaure

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Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize 2015 for 'A Brief History of Seven Killings'

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Marlon James from Hungary wins 2015 Man Booker Prize for the novel  '<b>A Brief History of Seven Killings</b>'.<br />
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Marlon James has become the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker prize.<br />
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James’s  novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, tells the story of the attempted assassination of Bob Marley, who is referred to throughout as “the singer”, and its aftermath.<br />
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<b><u>About the Award</u></b><br />
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK.<br />
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<b>Presented by</b>: Man Group<br />
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<b>First awarded</b>: 1969</div>

Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize 2015 for 'A Brief History of Seven Killings'

Marlon James from Hungary wins 2015 Man Booker Prize for the novel ' A Brief History of Seven Killings '. Marlon James with Aw...