Rahul Bhattacharya, the Delhibased
author, on 29 May 2012 won
the prestigious Ondaatje Prize 2012
for his book The Sly Company of
People Who Care. He is the first
Indian author to have received the
award. Bhattacharya was also
conferred with the Hindu Literary
Prize for Best Fiction, 2011 for the
same book. The 10000 pounds
award is conferred by the Royal
Society of Literature every year to
recognize a work of fiction, nonfiction
or poetry which evokes the
spirit of a place. The award is
presented to the author who is a
citizen of or who has been resident
in the Commonwealth or Ireland.
The other authors whose work
were shortlisted for the prize
include Julia Blackburn’s ‘Thin
Paths’, Teju Cole’s ‘Open City’,
Paul Farley and Michael Symmons
Roberts’ ‘Edgelands’, Olivia
Laing’s ‘To the River’ and Tim
Robinson’s ‘Connemara’.
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