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2024 JCB Prize for Literature Shortlist Announced!

Two debut novels and three translations feature in the prestigious five-novel shortlist for this year.
The 2024 shortlist includes translations from Bengali, Marathi, and Malayalam, along with two debut novels.
Jayasree Kalathil, a two-time nominee and 2020 winner, is nominated again for her translation of "Maria, Just Maria."
The five shortlisted novels are:

The One Legged by Sakyajit Bhattacharya

Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari

Sanatan by Sharankumar Limbale Lorenzo

Searches for the Meaning of Life by Upmanyu Chatterjee

Maria, Just Maria by Sandhya Mary
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