The longlist for the prize had six translations. Kabimo and Tomy are shortlisted for their debut novels. Valli by Sheela Tomy (translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil).Song of the Soil by Chuden Kabimo (translated from the Nepali by Ajit Baral), and.Imaan by Manoranjan Byapari (translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha),.The Paradise of Food by Khalid Jawed (translated from Urdu by Baran),.International Booker-winning novel Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell),.The books on the shortlist of the Rs 25-lakh award given to a writer of a distinguished work of fiction are: New Delhi: All the books on the shortlist for the fifth JCB Prize for Literature are translated works, including for the first time for the awards volumes originally written in Urdu, Hindi and Nepali.
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