Kannada writer makes it to final list of Man Booker internaional
27 Jan 2013 3:25 AM IST
Eminent Kannada writer U R Ananthamurthy has made it to the final list of Man Booker International Prize 2013. He is one of the 10 finalists shortlisted for the 60,000 pounds award by a panel comprising five judges at a special session at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
The list includes Aharon Appelfeld (Israel), Lydia Davis (US), Intizar Husain (Pakistan), Yan Lianke (China), Marie NDiaye (France), Josip Novakovich (Canada), Marilynne Robinson (US), Vladimir Sorokin (Russia) and Peter Stamm (Switzerland).
The jury comprised literary critic Christopher Ricks, author and essayist Elif Batuman, writer and broadcaster Aminatta Forna, novelist Yiyun Li, and author and academic Tim Parks.
The prize will be awarded to the winner in London on 22 May 2013. The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published a substantial body of work either written or translated in English. Announcing the list, jury chair Christopher Ricks said, ‘Some of these men and women are in their 80s while the youngest are in their 40s and 50s. They write in ways that are astonishingly different.’
A total of 150 bodies of work were considered for the 10 finalists this year.
Indian literature has been represented by the Kannada language this year with the inclusion of Ananthamurthy. The 73-year-old writer, one of the pioneers of the Navya (new wave) movement in Kannada literature, has been honoured by the Indian government with three Jnanpith award and the Padma Bhushan. In 2012, he won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Bharatipura. Ananthamurthy, also an academic and a poet, is known for novels like Samskara, Avasthe, Bhava and a formidable body of poetry and short stories.
Ananthamurthy is also at the forefront of the movement for ‘bhasa’ or vernacular literature revival through translations in the country.
The list includes Aharon Appelfeld (Israel), Lydia Davis (US), Intizar Husain (Pakistan), Yan Lianke (China), Marie NDiaye (France), Josip Novakovich (Canada), Marilynne Robinson (US), Vladimir Sorokin (Russia) and Peter Stamm (Switzerland).
The jury comprised literary critic Christopher Ricks, author and essayist Elif Batuman, writer and broadcaster Aminatta Forna, novelist Yiyun Li, and author and academic Tim Parks.
The prize will be awarded to the winner in London on 22 May 2013. The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published a substantial body of work either written or translated in English. Announcing the list, jury chair Christopher Ricks said, ‘Some of these men and women are in their 80s while the youngest are in their 40s and 50s. They write in ways that are astonishingly different.’
A total of 150 bodies of work were considered for the 10 finalists this year.
Indian literature has been represented by the Kannada language this year with the inclusion of Ananthamurthy. The 73-year-old writer, one of the pioneers of the Navya (new wave) movement in Kannada literature, has been honoured by the Indian government with three Jnanpith award and the Padma Bhushan. In 2012, he won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Bharatipura. Ananthamurthy, also an academic and a poet, is known for novels like Samskara, Avasthe, Bhava and a formidable body of poetry and short stories.
Ananthamurthy is also at the forefront of the movement for ‘bhasa’ or vernacular literature revival through translations in the country.
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