Name of Books that won 11th Economist Crossword Book Award Declared

Oct 19, 2012, 18:05 IST

India Current Affairs October 2012. The Folded Earth written by Anuradha Roy and A Free Man by Aman Sethi won the 11th Economist Crossword Book Award that was declared on 18 October 2012 at Mumbai.

The Folded Earth written by Anuradha Roy and A Free Man by Aman Sethi won the 11th Economist Crossword Book Award that was declared on 18 October 2012 at Mumbai.

The Folded Earth was successful in securing its position in the English Indian Fiction Category, whereas, A Free Man by Aman Sethi was successful in the category of Indian Non-Fiction books.

A Bengali short-story collection Bengali written by Anita Agnihotri named 17 and translated in English by Arunava Sinha and a Malyalam Novel, The Araya Woman that was written by Narayan and translated in English by Catherine Thankamma were declared as the winners of the award for Indian Language Translation jointly. Ravi Subramanian’s creation The Incredible Banker fetched the Popular Award by its name.

The Crossword Book Award is presented to writers in different categories with a certain prize amount and these includes Non-Fiction, Fiction, Translation and Children’s Writing carrying an amount of 3 lakh rupees and a citation and a trophy. The Popular Award winner author gets a cash prize of 1 lakh rupees and a certificate.

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