2021 Winners

Vidrohi Sanyaasi
Rajeev Sharma
Hindi Non-fiction
Prabhat Prakashan

The Loneliness of Hira Barua
Ranjita Biswas
(Arupa Patangia Kalita)
Translated into English
Pan Macmillan

Sanatan
Padmaja Ghorpade (Sharankumar Limbale)
Translated into Hindi
Vani Prakashan

Loki Takes Guard
Menaka Raman
Writings for Young Adults
Speaking Tiger Publishing

Kulbhooshan Ka Naam Darj Keejiye
Alka Saraogi
Hindi Fiction
Vani Prakashan

Jinnah
Ishtiaq Ahmed
English Non-fiction
Penguin Random House India

Analog/ Virtual
Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Hachette India

A Quiet Girl
Paro Anand
Writings/ Picture Books for Children
Penguin Random House India
2020 Winners

Wasted – The Messy Story of Sanitation in India
Ankur Bisen
English Non-fiction
Pan Macmillan

The Story of Being Useless + Three Contexts of a Writer
Avadhoot Dongare
Translated into English
Ratna Sagar

The Radiance of a Thousand Suns
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Harper Collins India

Pani Ko Sab Yaad Tha (Poetry)
Anamika
Creative Writing in Hindi (Fiction & Poetry)
Rajkamal Prakashan

Gyan Ka Gyan
Hridaynarayan Dikshit
Hindi Non-fiction
Vani Prakashan/Nine Books

Galiyon Ke Shehzaade
Nasera Sharma
Writings for Young Adults
Prabhat Prakashan

Basheer: 3 Laghu Upanyaas
Basheer
Translated into Hindi
Authorspress

A Tigress Called Machhli & Other True Animal Stories from India
Supriya Sehgal
Writings for Young Adults
Hachette India
2019 Winners

मैं बोनसाई अपने समय का (Main Bonsai Apne Samay Ka)
रामशरण जोशी (Ramsharan Joshi)
Hindi Non-fiction
Rajkamal Prakashan

बालगंधर्व
Abhiram Bhadkamkar
Translated into Hindi
Rajkamal Prakashan

पागलखाना (Pagalkhana)
Gyan Chaturvedi
Hindi Fiction
Rajkamal Prakashan

The Man Who Saved India
Hindol Sengupta
English Non-fiction
Penguin Random House India

History of Mathematics
Archana Sarat
Writings for Young Adults
Readomania

Echoes of the Veena
R Chudamani
Translated into English
Ratna Sagar

A Day in the Life
Anjum Hasan
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Penguin Random House India
2018 Winners

प्रेमचंद की कहानी यात्रा और भारतीयता
Kamal Kishore Goynka
Hindi Non-fiction
Samayik Prakashan

Murder In Mahim
Jerry Pinto
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Speaking Tiger Publishing

Mishti, the Mirzapuri Labrador
Gillian Wright
Writings for Young Adults
Speaking Tiger Publishing

Durand’s Curse
Rajiv Dogra
English Non-fiction
Rupa Publications
2017 Winners

मीर आके लौट गया
Munawwar Rana
Hindi Non-fiction
Vani Prakashan/Nine Books

जलतरंग
Santosh Choubey
Hindi Fiction
Bharatiya Jnanpith

Things to Leave Behind
Namita Gokhale
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Penguin Random House India

Born to Fly
Nitin Sathe
English Non-fiction
Vitasta Publishing