S Asian Literary Prize
'The Good Muslim' by Tahmima on longlist
Bangladesh's Tahmima Anam is one of the 16 acclaimed authors whose books figure on the longlist of the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, announced yesterday. Other writers whose books also figure include Amitav Ghosh, Jeet Thayil, both from India, and Mohammed Hanif of Pakistan. Tahmima Anam ("The Good Muslim") is the sole Bangladeshi writer on the list. The list was announced at a Delhi hotel by jury chair K Satchidanandan. It comprises four debut novels, two works of translation from Hindi, and authors and translators from across Bangladesh, India, Australia, the UK and Pakistan. The longlist for the US$50,000 award was chosen from 81 entries, which were reviewed by a five-member jury comprising Muneeza Shamsie, Rick Simonson, Suvani Singh and Eleanor O'Keeffe alongside Satchidanandan. The shortlist will be announced on November 20 in London and the winner will be declared at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival in January. The prominent Indian authors on the longlist are Ghosh ("River of Smoke"), Thayil ("Narcopolis"), Jerry Pinto ("Emand the Big Hoom") and Rahul Bhattacharya ("The Sly Company of People Who Care"). The Pakistani authors are Mohammed Hanif ("Our Lady of Alice Bhatti"), Jamil Ahmad ("The Wandering Falcon"), Roopa Farooki ("The Flying Man") and Musharraf Ali Farooqi ("Between Clay and Dust"). UK-born Niven Govinden ("Black Bread White Beer"), Sunetra Gupta ("So Good in Black"), Uday Prakash ("The Walls of Delhi"), Anuradha Roy ("The Folded Earth"), Saswati Sengupta ("The Song Seekers"), Geetanjali Shree ("The Empty Space") and Alice Albinia ("Leela's Book") complete the list.
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