{"id":61853,"date":"2021-11-23T06:26:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T06:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=61853"},"modified":"2022-09-13T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T09:20:19","slug":"anita-desai-conferred-with-2021-tata-literature-live-lifetime-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/anita-desai-conferred-with-2021-tata-literature-live-lifetime-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Anita Desai conferred with 2021 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anita Desai has been awarded the&nbsp;<strong>Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021<\/strong>&nbsp;to recognize her long literary career which spans over 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Poet Laureate award for 2021 has been conferred upon Indian poet Adil Jussawala. Anita Desai is India\u2019s one of the best-selling authors. Both these awards are presented to recognize exceptional work which has made a significant impact in the Indian literary field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Twelfth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest was organized from November 18th to 21st 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tata Literature Live! First Book Award \u2013 Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Death in Shonagachhi by Rijula Das (Pan Macmillan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award \u2013 Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asoca: A Sutra by Irwin Allan Sealy (Penguin Random House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tata Literature Live! First Book Award \u2013 Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought by Kavitha Iyer (HarperCollins)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award \u2013 Non-Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born A Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India by Ghazala Wahab (Aleph)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tata Literature Live! Business Book of the Year Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy by Tamal Bandyopadhyay (Roli Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tata Literature Live! Publisher of the Year Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HarperCollins<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Artist of Disappearance (2011), Mariner Books<\/li><li>The Zigzag Way (2004), Random House India<\/li><li>Diamond Dust and Other Stories (2000), Vintage Books<\/li><li>Fasting, Feasting (1999), Random House India<\/li><li>Scholar and Gipsey (1996), Weidenfeld &amp; Nicolson<\/li><li>Journey to Ithaca (1995), Random House India<\/li><li>Baumgartner\u2019s Bombay (1988)<\/li><li>In Custody (1984)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anita Desai Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>When<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Padma Bhushan<\/td><td>2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sahitya Akademi Fellowship<\/td><td>2007<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Benson Medal of Royal Society of Literature<\/td><td>2003<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alberto Moravia Prize for Literature (Italy)<\/td><td>2000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shortlisted, Booker Prize for Fiction: Fasting, Feasting<\/td><td>1999<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neil Gunn Prize<\/td><td>1993<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shortlisted, Booker Prize for Fiction \u2013 In Custody<\/td><td>1984<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sahitya Akademi Award (National Academy of Letters Award)<br>\u2013 Fire on the Mountain<\/td><td>1978<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize \u2013 Fire on the Mountain<\/td><td>1978<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anita Desai has been awarded the&nbsp;Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021&nbsp;to recognize her long literary career which spans over 50 years. Meanwhile, the Poet Laureate award for 2021 has been conferred upon Indian poet Adil Jussawala. Anita Desai is India\u2019s one of the best-selling authors. 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