Amitabha Bagchi’s Novel ‘Half The Night Is Gone’ Wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019
Author Amitabha Bagchi won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his fiction novel, Half The Night Is Gone on Monday. The literary award, which also gives the winner prize money worth $25,000 was instituted in 2010 and is one of the most prestigious international literary awards specifically focused on South Asian writing.
Bagchi received the award during a ceremony at the IME Nepal Literature Festival on Monday in Pokhara, Nepal. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal Pradeep Gyawali, along with the…