Windham-Campbell Prizes
Nine
writers, including one from India, Jerry Pinto, have been awarded with the
Windham Campbell Prizes at Yale University for their literary achievements.
Others being from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, and
Ireland — were chosen in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and drama.
Award: $150,000 to each winner.
This year’s recipients are
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Drama
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Branden
Jacobs-Jenkins (United States)
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Hannah
Moscovitch (Canada)
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Abbie
Spallen (Ireland)
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Fiction
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Tessa Hadley
(United Kingdom)
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E. Morgan
(United States)
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Jerry Pinto (India)
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Non –
Fiction
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Hilton Als
(United States)
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Stanley
Crouch (United States)
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Helen Garner
(Australia)
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About Jerry Pinto:-
Surviving Women The Indian Author, editor, journalist, poet and translator
won the prize for his novel Em and the
Big Hoom published in 2012 in the fiction category. His other work
includes:
Helen:
The Life and Times of an H-Bomb
Reflected
in water– Writings in Goa
Windham
Campbell Prizes
v Complete Name: Donald Windham Sandy M Campbell
Literary Prizes
v Started at Yale University in 2011
v The first Award was presented in 2013
v Awarded to Authors who write in English
v Administered by Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book &
Manuscript Library
v Expansion Plans: In 2017, the prizes will expand to
include poetry
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