Man Booker Prize 2010 Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question United Kingdom

Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

Man Asian Literary Prize 2009 was Su Tong for The Boat to Redemption.

Dan David Prize, 2010 Amitav Ghosh with Margaret Eleanor Atwood

Pulitzer Prize, 2010

 Fiction – Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)

 Drama – Next to Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
(Nomination Included: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph)
 History – Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
(Penguin Press)
 Biography – The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A.
Knopf)
 Poetry – Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)
 General Nonfiction – The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and
Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman (Doubleday)
 Music – Violin Concerto by Jennifer Higdon (Lawdon Press)
 Special Citation: Hank Williams, for his craftsmanship as a songwriter

National Book Award (USA), 2009

Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters: Gore Vidal

Literarian Award 2009: Dave Eggers

Prix Goncourt (France)

 Prix Goncourt Award 2010 Michel Houellebecq La Carte et le territoire

Prix Goncourt Biography Award 2010 - Michel Vinock, Madame de Stael

Prix Goncourt Novel Award 2010 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange
Prix Goncourt Short Story Award 2010 - Laurent Binet, HHhH
Prix Goncourt Poetry Award 2009 - Abdellatif Laabi

Vyas Samman

The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991. It is awarded annually by
the K.K. Birla Foundation. To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi
language and have been published in the past 10 years.
Winner 2009 - AMAR KANTH for his book "INHI HATHON SE"
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010 Winners

Regional Winners:

Best Book Best First Book

The Double Crown – Marié Heese I Do Not Come to You By Chance –

Africa
(South Africa) Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (Nigeria)

Galore – Michael Crummey Under This Unbroken Sky – Shandi

Caribbean & Canada
(Canada) Mitchell (Canada)

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders –

South Asia & Europe Solo – Rana Dasgupta (India/UK)
Daniyal Mueenuddin (Pakistan)

South East Asia & The Adventures of Vela – Albert Siddon Rock – Glenda Guest
Pacific Wendt (Samoa) (Australia)

Overall Winners:

 Best Book: Solo by Rana Dasgupta (India/UK)

 Best First Book: Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest (Australia)

Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, 2010

 Annie Leibovitz (United States), Mass Communications, Legendary portrait photographer

responsible for some of the most iconic images of the last four decades.
 Laura Linney (United States), Dramatic Arts; Best known for her roles in Love Actually and
HBO miniseries "John Adams."
 Greg Mortenson (United States), Public Service Humanitarian, writer, and Nobel Peace Prize
nominee. Co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and founder of the charity Pennies for
Peace.
 Salman Rushdie (India), Literature; Booker Prize-winning novelist and essayist.

Ananda Purashkar 2010 - Sunanda Sikdar - Dayamayir Katha

Bangla Academy Award 2009 - Arunabh Sarkar, Rabiul Hosain

Saraswati Samman 2009 - Surjit Paatar for Lafzan Di Dargah

Rabindra Puraskar 2010

  Manindra Gupta (Manindra Lal Dasgupta)
o Tung Tang Shabda Nihshabda (2005), Bone Aaj Concherto
 Asim Kumar Mukhopadhyay
o Banglar Nabajagorone Bignan chetana (science related)
 Sukanya Sinha
o Mahakarsher Katha (science)

Gyanpith Award 2009

Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2009: Inaugural year of Children's category.

 English Fiction: Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit by Kalpana Swaminathan
 English Non Fiction: Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
 English Non Fiction: Looking East to Look West: Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India by
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (about Lee Kuan Yew)
 Indian Language Fiction Translation: Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side by Sarah
Joseph / translator Valson Thampu
 Popular Award: Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom by Rajni Bakshi
 Children's Literature: The Grasshopper's Run by Siddhartha Sarma

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is a literary prize awarded annually to writers of any
ethnicity or nationality writing about South Asia themes such as culture, politics, history, or
people. It is for an original full-length novel written in English, or translated into English. The
first award is for novels published between 1st April 2009 and 31st March 2010. The first
winner will be announced in January, 2011.
2011 Shortlist:
 Amit Chaudhuri: The Immortals (Picador India)
 Musharraf Ali Farooqi: The Story of a Widow (Picador India)
 Tania James: Atlas Of Unknowns (Pocket Books)
 Manju Kapur: The Immigrant (Faber & Faber)
 Neel Mukherjee: A Life Apart (Constable & Robinson)
 HM Naqvi: Home Boy (HarperCollins India)