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JCB prize for Literature
October 28 , 2018
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- Novelist and short story writer Benyamin’s novel Jasmine Days has won the inaugural JCB prize for Literature in New Delhi.
- The award consists of a trophy and 25 lakhs as prize money. The 2018 award book has been translated from Malayalam to English by Shahnaz Habib who has also received an additional prize of 5 lakhs.
- Benyamin, earlier, had Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the past for Aadujeevitham.
JCB prize for Literature
- The JCB Prize for Literature is awarded by the JCB Literature Foundation, a not-for-profit company. It has been instituted in 2018.
- The prize has been funded by UK construction giant JCB.
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