Perumal Murugan makes JCB Prize shortlist for 2nd year in a row

For the second year in a row, eminent Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan has made the short list of the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature, India’s richest, his two novels, sharing space with Roshan Ali, Manoranjan Byapari, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar and Madhuri Vijay, it was announced here on Friday.

The six novels, Murugan’s was a collective entry, “share a deep sense of justice and injustice”, jury chair Pradip Krishen said, adding the selection process provided an “incredible opportunity to look at different parts of the country” through a “vertical slice of writing in one year”.

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