Commonwealth Prize nominees announced
Posted on: 17/Apr/2013 3:10:46 PM
An official press release announced the 21 books that are in the race for the Commonwealth Prize. The Prize winner will be announced at the Hay Festival on May 14th at London and will receive a cash prize of GBP 10000.
Five Indians are in list. They are Misi Saran for ‘The Other Side of Light’, Jeet Thayil for ‘Narcopolis’, Jerry Pinto for ‘Em and the Big Hoom’, Nilanjana Roy for ‘The Wildlings’ and Farhad Sorabjee for ‘God on Every Wind’.
The others are Sarah House by Ifeanyi Ajaegho (Nigeria), Disposable People by Ezekel Alan (Jamaica), Floundering by Romy Ash (Australia), "Running the Rift" by Naomi Benaron (Canada), Mazin Grace by Dylan Coleman (Australia), "A Tiger in Eden" by Chris Flynn (Australia), "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce (UK), "The Headmaster`s Wager by Vicent Lam (Canada), Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera (Sri Lanka), "he Death of Bees" by Lisa O`Donnell (United Kingdom), "The Spider King`s Daughter" by Chibundu Onuzo (Nigeria), "The Great Agony & Pure Laughter of the Gods" by Jamala Safari (South Africa), "The Last Thread" by Michael Sala (Australia), "Sterile Sky by E.E. Sule (Nigeria)", "Beneath the Darkening Sky" by Majok Tulba (Australia) and "The Bellwether Revivals" by Benjamin Wood (UK).
