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HomeUncategorizedPerumal Murugan’s “Pyre’s” International Booker Prize nomination continues the celebration of regional...

Perumal Murugan’s “Pyre’s” International Booker Prize nomination continues the celebration of regional South Asian languages



Harsh Aditya

Interestingly, this is the first time that a non-dominant Indian language like Tamil has made it to the international literary stage. It also comes on the heels of Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand (translated by Daisy Rockwell) becoming the first-ever Hindi novel to be awarded the International Booker Prize last year. Pyre’s longlisting and Telugu song Naatu Naatu’s Oscar win this week are putting the spotlight on South Indian languages globally, and this demand for translation will hopefully resurrect works of literature written in regional South Asian languages. 

This year’s International Booker Prize boasts works from 12 countries including 11 translations from Korean, Bulgarian, Catalan and other languages. The winner will be awarded £50,000, which will be split between the author and the translator. The other 12 nominated titles are Ninth building by Zou Jingzhi (trans. Jeremy Tiang), A System so Magnificent it is blinding by Amanda Svensson (trans. Nichola Smalley), Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (trans. Rosalind Harvey), While We Were Dreaming by Clemens Meyer (trans. Katy Derbyshire), The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (trans. Daniel Levin Becker), Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth (trans. Charlotte Barslund), Standing Heavy by GauZ’ (trans. Frank Wynne), Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (trans. Angela Rodel), The Gospel According to the New World by Maryse Conde (trans. Richard Philcox), Whale by Cheon Myeong Kwan (trans. Chi-Young Kim), Boulder by Eva Baltasar (trans. Julia Sanches) and Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov (trans. Reuben Woolley).

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