Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced KLF Book Awards 2020-21 in various categories.
The titles selected for the awards include acclaimed writers Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Jungle Nama’ to Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar's ‘The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World’.
Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced KLF Book Awards 2020-21 in various categories.
The titles selected for the awards include acclaimed writers Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Jungle Nama’ to Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar's ‘The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World’.
It also includes Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s ‘Restless as Mercury: My Life as a Young Man Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’, Gulzar’s ‘A Poem a Day’, Sandeep Bamzai’s ‘Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India’ and Shashi Tharoor & Samir Saran’s ‘The New World Disorder’.
The awards cover various categories such as Non-fiction Book, Fiction book, Poetry Book , Hindi Book, Book in Translation , Bhasa First Book, Business Book, Strategic Affairs Book , Environmental Book , Biography/Autobiography Book , Children Book, Sports Book, Life Style and Emerging Trend Books and others.
An official statement from KLF said that the winner will be felicitated and awarded during the annual Kalinga Literary Festival, scheduled to be held on December 10,11,12, 2021 at Bhubaneswar. KLF Book Awards, established by KLF in 2021, will be conferred based on the recommendations by an independent Award Jury, it said.
“KLF Book Awards jury members have chosen the best thought provoking contributions across different categories published during 2020-21. There will be dedicated sessions on these books by the authors and erudite reviewers to enrich the intellectual discussion at Kalinga Literary Festival,” said Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Founder and Director of Kalinga Literary Festival.
Here’s the full list of titles selected for the KLF Book Awards 2020-21 in various categories:
KLF Fiction Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):
KLF Non-fiction Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (7):
KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):
KLF Hindi Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):
KLF Book in Translation of the Year Award 2020-21 (1):
KLF Bhasa Award 2020-21 (1):
KLF Debut Book Award 2020-21 (1):
KLF Business Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (3):
KLF Diplomacy/Strategic Affairs Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (3):
KLF Environmental Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (2):
KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 2020-21 (5):
KLF Biography/Autobiography Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (5):
KLF Children Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (2):
KLF Sports Book of the Year Award 2020-21 (1):
KLF Lifestyle & Emerging Trend Book Award 2020-21(1):