The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey

The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey is a novel by Indian author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. Published in the year 2014, this was his first book. For this novel, Shekhar won the 2015 Yuva Puraskar,[1][2] was shortlisted for the 2014 Crossword Book Award[3] and the 2014 Hindu Literary Prize,[4] longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award,[5] and jointly won the 2015 Muse India Young Writer Award.[6] As of December 2019, this book has been translated into Tamil and Bengali.[7] The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey was named by The Hindu in December 2019 as one of the ten best fiction books of the decade.[8]

The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey
First edition
AuthorHansda Sowvendra Shekhar
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherAleph Book Company, New Delhi, India
Publication date
2014
Media typePrint (paperback), E-book
ISBN9789382277323
Followed byThe Adivasi Will Not Dance: Stories (2015) 

References edit

  1. ^ Sahitya Akademi. "List of Yuva Puraskar winners (2011-2017)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Sudipta Datta, 'Who is Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, fighting a ban', The Hindu (19 August 2017).
  3. ^ Arunima Mazumdar (April 4, 2015). "Meet the contenders: the Crossword Book Award 2014 shortlists for fiction and non-fiction". Scroll. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Here's the shortlist". The Hindu. October 5, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey". International Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. ^ GK News Network (December 21, 2015). "Shahnaz Bashir's The Half Mother declared winner of Muse India award". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar on Academia". Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Best fiction books of the decade". The Hindu. December 28, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

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