Cyrus Mistry won the
DSC prize 2014 for South Asian literature for his book Chronicles of a
Corpse Bearer on 18 January 2014. Mistry was awarded with a cash price of 50000
dollars at Jaipur International Literature Festival 2014.
Chronicle of a Corpse
Bearer derives a true story of the son of a Parsi priest, who falls in love
with the daughter of a corpse bearer, a community segregated and shunned by
society.
This category was
instituted in 2010 with cash prize, which is not limited by geography or
ethnicity. Short story is not eligible for the award. A book focusing on the
culture, politics, history and the people of South Asia can be entered for the
prize.
The prize, is given to the best work or
translations of a work on or about the South Asian region. Last year the award
was won by Jeet Thayil for his debut debut novel "Narcopolis".
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