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Follow on Google News | The Economist Crossword Book Award 2011 shortlist announcedThe Economist & Crossword Bookstore in Association with Principal Retirement Advisors & Standard Chartered Bank today announced the shortlist for the prestigious The Economist Crossword Book Award.
By: WizSpk Communication & PR Authors present participated in a panel discussion on ‘What is India reading Today? – Gen X vs Gen Y’ which gave readers an insight on the current reading trends in Indis. Final winners will be announced on 18th October 2012 at an award function in Mumbai. The Economist Crossword Book Awards had earlier released the ten shortlisted books for the popular awards that will also be announced at the same time. The final shortlist for “The Economist Crossword Book Award” are as follows: Indian Fiction • River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh • The Folded Earth by Anuradha Roy • The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Jayanto Roy Bhattacharya • The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattarcharya • Narcopilis by Jeet Thayil Indian Non Fiction • Taj Mahal Foxtrot by Naresh Fernandes • A Free Man by Aman Sethi • His Majesty's Opponent Subhash Chandra Bose and India's Struggle against empire by Sugata Bose • Lost Loves Exploring Rama's Anguish by Arshia Sattar • Tinderbox by M. J. Akbar • Mafia Queens of Mumbai by S Hussain Zaidi Indian Translation • In Freedom's Shade translated by Ayesha Kidwai • Yellow is the colour of longing translated by J. Devika • Seventeen translated by Arunava Sinha • The Story of Felanee translated by Deepika Phukan • The Araya Woman translated by Catherine Thankamma Children’s Writing • Raja and the Giant Donut by Prashant Pinge • The Mystery of MindNet by Aradhana Bisht • Mayil Will Not Be Quiet by Niveditha Subramaniam and Sowmya Rajendran • Beyond the Blue River by B Vinayan • Mumbai Roller-coaster by Rajorshi Chakraborti Speaking on the shortlist, Kinjal Shah, COO – Crossword Bookstores said, “The 11th edition of the Economist Crossword Book Awards has seen the highest number of entries ever, making the awards even more competitive . Also goes to show the high standards of writing by immensely talented Indian authors. We wish all the shortlisted authors all the very best and look forward to great literary work from all entrants next year as well. ” Suprio Guha Thakurta, Managing Director, The Economist, India says "At The Economist we always marvel at the fact that we have Presidents, pop stars, radio jockeys, designers, school teachers, actors, CEOs, aspiring CEOs, housewives, students, and of course writers all reading the magazine. What is common to them to them? We have figured that perhaps curiosity about the world they live in is something that binds them. One thing, though, we know for sure is that they all love to read. It was but natural for us to associate ourselves with Crossword and we congratulate and wish the short listed authors of The Economist Crossword Book Awards 2012 the very best." Please note (message from the Jury) - Writing for children demands the best and the freshest of a writer's imagination, backed by a high degree of editorial skill. The listed books are good reads and tackle a variety of themes, but in the meld of originality, ideas, and narrative skill, they fall short. We looked for empathy rather than discrimination, fun rather than instruction, audacity rather than political correctness, wonder rather than world-weary ennui - and came away disappointed. We didn't find the quality of timelessness that so distinguishes award-winning material. We have listed five books for honorable mention. There is no award this year. About the Awards The Economist Crossword Book Award is the only Indian award that recognizes and rewards good writing and also actively promotes Indian authors and their books. Last year the Award received 300 valid entries in the above mentioned categories which have now grown by 10% for the current year, thus making the awards representative of the best of contemporary Indian literature. When the book awards were launched in 1998, there was one cash prize of Rs. 2 lakhs for the best original work of fiction in English by an Indian author, and it was won by Allan Sealy for The Everest Hotel. In 1999, a new category was added Indian Language. Fiction Translation into English and the cash prize was increased to 3 lakhs in each category. In 2005, two more award categories were added English Non-Fiction, as well as the Popular Award. In 2009 award for Indian Childrens writing was introduced thus making it the only Indian literary award that rewards authors across 5 different categories. The Economist Crossword ‘Popular Award ‘offers readers an opportunity to vote for their favourite book from the list of best-selling books published last year. These books are independent of the shortlisted books across the other categories and are purely selected based on their sales volume across all Crossword Bookstores in the previous year. The Popular award has a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh & the trophy. About Crossword: Crossword, with Eighty One stores, across Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengalooru, Chennai, Delhi, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kota, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Siliguri, Udaipur, Vapi, Vadodara and Vijayawada is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores & has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business world for the year 2006; it was the only book retailer in the top 10. Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005 & 2007& 2009. It also won the Star Retailer Award for the Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007& 2009. Crossword won the Debutant E tailer of the year - books - at India eRetail Awards 2012. Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development. Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company. About The Economist: With a growing global circulation (now 1.5 million including both print* and digital) and a reputation for insightful analysis and perspective on every aspect of world events, The Economist is one of the most widely recognized and well-read current affairs publications. The paper covers politics, business, science and technology, and books and arts, concluding each week with the obituary. Its website (www.economist.com) End
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