Women AutHer Awards kündigt Longlists für 2026 in vier Kategorien an

Die Longlists für die Women AutHer Awards 2026 wurden am 8. März bekanntgegeben und umfassen jeweils acht Bücher in den Kategorien Belletristik, Sachliteratur, Kinderliteratur und Debüt. Die von The Times of India und JK Paper vergebenen Preise ehren indische Frauenautorinnen mit Preisgeldern von Rs 1 Lakh für die Gewinnerinnen. Die Auswahl der Gewinnerinnen erfolgt durch Jurys, wobei die Kategorie Publikumswahl durch Online-Abstimmung entschieden wird.

Die Longlists der Women AutHer Awards 2026 wurden am Sonntag, dem 8. März, enthüllt und heben herausragende Werke indischer Autorinnen hervor. Von The Times of India in Zusammenarbeit mit JK Paper organisiert, umfassen die Preise vier Hauptkategorien: Belletristik, Sachliteratur, Kinderliteratur und Debüt. Jede Kategorie enthält acht Bücher, deren Gewinner von Expertensachverständigen ausgewählt werden. Die Publikumswahlkategorie wird durch Online-Abstimmung entschieden, es gibt auch eine Manuskriptkategorie. Gewinnerinnen erhalten Rs 1 Lakh, bei gemeinsamen Siegerinnen anteilig geteilt.  nnIn der Belletristik-Kategorie stehen auf der Longlist: Blood Caste von Shylashri Shankar, The Comeback von Annie Zaidi, Real Life von Amrita Mahale, Rising Sons von Kavery Nambisan, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny von Kiran Desai, The Remnants of a Rebellion von Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew, The Courtesan, Her Lover and I von Tarana Husain Khan und The Guardian and a Thief von Megha Majumdar.  nnFür Sachliteratur: In the Beginning There Was Bombay Duck: A Food History of Mumbai von Pronoti Datta, Rubber: The Social and Natural History of an Indispensable Substance von Vidya Rajan, A Man For All Seasons: The Life Of KM Panikkar von Narayani Basu, The Maker of Filmmakers: How Jagat Murari and FTII Changed Indian Cinema Forever von Radha Chadha, Scamlands: Inside the Asian Empire of Fraud That Preys on the World von Snigdha Poonam, India’s First Radicals: Young Bengal and the British Empire von Rosinka Chaudhuri, Called by the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya von Anuradha Roy und Farmers Protest!: A Movement for Our Times von Namita Waikar.  nnDie Debüt-Kategorie umfasst: Invisible in Plain Sight: Voices From the By-Lanes of Kamathipura von Swati Pandey, Lifequake: A Story of Hope and Humanity von Tarini Mohan, Lōal Kashmir: Love and Longing in a Torn Land von Mehak Jamal, The Cost of a Promised Afterlife: My Escape from a Controversial Religious Cult in India von Priyamvada Mehra, Tales from the Dawn-Lit Mountains von Subi Taba, What Women Want: Understanding The Female Voter in Modern India von Ruhi Tewari, The Ex-Daughters of Tolstoy House von Arunima Tenzin Tara und Sheher Mein Gaon: Culture, Conflict and Change in the Urban Villages of Delhi von Ekta Chauhan.  nnDie Longlist für Kinderliteratur umfasst: Sneaker Paati von Anita Nair, Uncoded: A Technological History of Independent India von Meghaa Gupta, A Demon in Dandi von Lavanya Karthik, History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Ancient India von Saisudha Acharya, When Mummy Had Cancer von Priyanka Pandya Bhatt, Ganesh Haloi: Colours of Home von Likla Lall, Spotless: A Novel in Verse von Vibha Batra und Rain Holiday von Shreya Ramachandran.  nnDiese Longlists zeigen vielfältige Themen, von Sozialgeschichten und persönlichen Erzählungen bis zu Erkundungen indischer Kultur und Politik, und unterstreichen die Vitalität des Schreibens von Frauen in Indien.

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