DSC Prize

Agatha Christie, Susanna Clarke, Madhuri Vijay, Orhan Pamuk— this list has everything you’ll need to embrace sweater weather.
The book beat '99 Nights in Logar' (Jamil Jan Kochai) and 'The Far Field' (Madhuri Vijay) among others.
The DSC Prize rewards fiction writing about the South Asian region comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The author of 'The Far Field' on why writers need endurance, how she created an acclaimed novel from a 'really bad' story and her next book.
Perumal Murugan, Manoranjan Byapari, Madhuri Vijay and Mirza Waheed are among the 15 contenders for the $25,000 Prize. The winner will be announced on 16 December 2019.