Los Women AutHer Awards anuncian las listas largas de 2026 en cuatro categorías

Las listas largas de los Premios Women AutHer 2026 se anunciaron el 8 de marzo, con ocho libros en cada una de las categorías de ficción, no ficción, literatura infantil y debut. Los premios, presentados por The Times of India y JK Paper, reconocen a escritoras indias con premios en efectivo de Rs 1 lakh para las ganadoras. Las selecciones de las ganadoras se realizarán por jurados, con la categoría de elección popular determinada mediante votación en línea.

Las listas largas de los Premios Women AutHer 2026 se revelaron el domingo 8 de marzo, destacando obras destacadas de autoras indias. Organizados por The Times of India en colaboración con JK Paper, los premios abarcan cuatro categorías principales: ficción, no ficción, literatura infantil y debut. Cada categoría incluye ocho libros, con ganadoras seleccionadas por jurados expertos. La categoría de elección popular se decidirá mediante votación en línea, y también existe una categoría de manuscritos. Las autoras ganadoras reciben Rs 1 lakh, compartido por igual en caso de ganadoras conjuntas. Los libros en lista larga de la categoría de ficción son: Blood Caste de Shylashri Shankar, The Comeback de Annie Zaidi, Real Life de Amrita Mahale, Rising Sons de Kavery Nambisan, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny de Kiran Desai, The Remnants of a Rebellion de Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew, The Courtesan, Her Lover and I de Tarana Husain Khan y The Guardian and a Thief de Megha Majumdar. En no ficción: In the Beginning There Was Bombay Duck: A Food History of Mumbai de Pronoti Datta, Rubber: The Social and Natural History of an Indispensable Substance de Vidya Rajan, A Man For All Seasons: The Life Of KM Panikkar de Narayani Basu, The Maker of Filmmakers: How Jagat Murari and FTII Changed Indian Cinema Forever de Radha Chadha, Scamlands: Inside the Asian Empire of Fraud That Preys on the World de Snigdha Poonam, India’s First Radicals: Young Bengal and the British Empire de Rosinka Chaudhuri, Called by the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya de Anuradha Roy y Farmers Protest!: A Movement for Our Times de Namita Waikar. La categoría de debut incluye: Invisible in Plain Sight: Voices From the By-Lanes of Kamathipura de Swati Pandey, Lifequake: A Story of Hope and Humanity de Tarini Mohan, Lōal Kashmir: Love and Longing in a Torn Land de Mehak Jamal, The Cost of a Promised Afterlife: My Escape from a Controversial Religious Cult in India de Priyamvada Mehra, Tales from the Dawn-Lit Mountains de Subi Taba, What Women Want: Understanding The Female Voter in Modern India de Ruhi Tewari, The Ex-Daughters of Tolstoy House de Arunima Tenzin Tara y Sheher Mein Gaon: Culture, Conflict and Change in the Urban Villages of Delhi de Ekta Chauhan. La lista larga de literatura infantil incluye: Sneaker Paati de Anita Nair, Uncoded: A Technological History of Independent India de Meghaa Gupta, A Demon in Dandi de Lavanya Karthik, History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Ancient India de Saisudha Acharya, When Mummy Had Cancer de Priyanka Pandya Bhatt, Ganesh Haloi: Colours of Home de Likla Lall, Spotless: A Novel in Verse de Vibha Batra y Rain Holiday de Shreya Ramachandran. Estas listas largas muestran temas diversos, desde historias sociales y narrativas personales hasta exploraciones de la cultura y la política india, subrayando la vitalidad de la escritura de las mujeres en India.

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