The JCB Prize for Literature

India's richest literary award celebrates distinguished fiction by Indian writers.

[The JCB Prize for Literature @TheJCBPrize]

Months of reading, zoom calls, meetings, and over 17,000 pages later, here's introducing the 2024 Longlist of #TheJCBPrize . Five books in translation, four books by debut novelists, and all in all ten absolute must reads to add to your #TBRList . https://t.co/6BVBjSTiue

[Bloomsbury India @BloomsburyIndia]

A huge congratulations to @atharvapandit
for being longlisted for the prestigious
@TheJCBPrize for the book Hurda.

Get your copy here: https://t.co/wU3KSwdUGy

#Bloomsbury #JCBPrize #Literature #LitAwards #Hurda

[Milee Ashwarya @mileeashwarya]

Thrilled to share that two books from @PenguinIndia Sanatan and The Distaste of The Earth have been longlisted for the 2024 #JCBPrize Congratulations to our authors Kynpham, Sharankumar Limbale and translator Paromita Sengupta @TheJCBPrize @MitaKapur

[A Suitable Agency @ASuitableAgency]

Absolutely delighted to announce that Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari’s debut novel, ‘Chronicle of an Hour and a Half’, has been longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2024!

Congratulations @SaharuNusaiba! 🥳
@TheJCBPrize @AmbarSahil @hemalisodhi @WestlandBooks @ContextIndia

[Penguin India @PenguinIndia]

Thrilled to share that two of our brilliant books, The Distaste of the Earth and Sanatan, have made it to the JCB Longlist 2024!  Huge congratulations to the authors for this incredible achievement!
@TheJCBPrize

[Simon & Schuster India ✨ @SimonSchusterIN]

We are proud to announce the @TheJCBPrize for Literature 2024 Longlist 'Of Mothers and other Perishbles' by @hypermonk.

#ofmothersandotherperishables #JCBPrize #JCBPrizeForLiterature #JCBPrizeForLiterature2024 #2024longlist #longlisted

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

Congratulations to @SaharuNusaiba for making it to the longlist of @TheJCBPrize 2024.

If you haven't read the riveting Chronicle of an Hour and a Half yet, now is the best time to go to your nearest bookstore or online and get a copy for your weekend read!

[Speaking Tiger @speakingtiger14]

We are thrilled to see Upamanyu Chatterjee’s immersive and compelling novel, ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ on the prestigious @TheJCBPrize 2024 longlist.

Our heartiest congratulations to him and to everybody else on this diverse list. #TheJCBPrizeLonglist2024

[Anantha Padmanabhan @jilpanz]

Super delighted! - two books in the running for the big prize this year at @TheJCBPrize - we continue to publishing the finest fiction in India @HarperCollinsIN

[Bloomsbury India @BloomsburyIndia]

A huge congratulations to @atharvapandit and all the longlisted authors! #Bloomsbury #JCBprizeforliterature

[HarperCollins @HarperCollinsIN]

We’re delighted to announce the longlisted books for the JCB Prize for Literature 2024.
#MariaJustMaria by #SandhyaMary, translated by Jayasree Kalathil (@vivarthaka)
#Talashnama by #IsmailDarbesh, translated by #VRamaswamy
@TheJCBPrize
#READWithHarperCollins #TheJCBPrize2024

[Arunava Sinha @arunava]

Five translations, five original English novels make up the 2024 longlist of @TheJCBPrize for literature. https://t.co/x7rouHFksg

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

JCB Prize for Literature announces its 2024 jury, to be chaired by author-translator Jerry Pinto https://t.co/OJQrMeGldX

[The Himalayan Writing Retreat @HimalayanWrite]

Congratulations to our faculty member Jerry Pinto on becoming the Chair of the 2024 jury for #TheJCBPrize!
@TheJCBPrize

[t2 @t2telegraph]

The JCB Prize for Literature announces its jury, appoints Jerry Pinto as chair
https://t.co/P2n6ZvizxK

[The JCB Prize for Literature @TheJCBPrize]

Are you ready to add more books to your 'To-be-read List' of 2024?
Here's introducing the 2024 jury for #TheJCBPrize. Chaired by Jerry Pinto, the jury includes Deepthi Sasidharan, Shaunak Sen, Tridip Suhrud and Aqui Thami. They will announce the Longlist of 10 books in September.

[The JCB Prize for Literature @TheJCBPrize]

The JCB Prize for Literature is accepting submissions from Indian publishers for the 2024 edition. Please send in your entries by 30th of April 2024. You can access the website here: https://t.co/AOlwTyq6V7

#TheJCBPrize2024

[jaipurlitfest @JaipurLitFest]

Libraries ignite the first spark for the love of books and reading. The JCB Foundation's deep commitment to literacy and literary outreach is reflected in the Community Library Project, which embodies the idea of ‘Reading Is Thinking’. At the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series Jaipur

[Westland Books @WestlandBooks]

We start our day 2 at the @JaipurLitFest listening to our @TheJCBPrize 2024 shortlisted authors.

@EkaWestland @minthakur

[jaipurlitfest @JaipurLitFest]

Writer and literary chronicler Perumal Murugan’s recent novel, ‘Fire Bird,’ translated from Tamil into English by Janani Kannan, is the winner of the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.