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The initiative is being implemented in 500 Aspirational Blocks across 329 districts in the country, selected by an Inter-Ministerial Committee in consultation with state governments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the success of Aspirational Districts Programme "became the basis of the Aspirational Blocks programme". [6]
The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
Winners and finalists in nonfiction Year Winner Work Finalists Refs. 2012: Robert K. Massie: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman: Winner [3] [4]James Gleick
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2017: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."
National Book Award for Fiction winners, 1984 to present Year Author Title Ref 1984 Ellen Gilchrist: Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories: 1985 Don DeLillo: White Noise [22] 1986 E.L. Doctorow: World's Fair: 1987 Larry Heinemann: Paco's Story [23] 1988 Pete Dexter: Paris Trout: 1989 John Casey: Spartina: 1990 Charles Johnson: Middle Passage ...
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction winners and finalists Year Author Title Result Ref. 1975 E. L. Doctorow: Ragtime: Winner [5] 1976 John Gardner: October Light: Winner [6] Cynthia Ozick: Bloodshed and Three Novellas: Finalist [6] Vladimir Nabokov: Details of a Sunset and Other Stories: Renata Adler: Speedboat: Richard Yates: The ...
Sahitya Akademi Award for English Award for contributions to English literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award 1960 Final award 2024 Highlights Total awarded 53 First winner R. K. Narayan Most Recent winner Easterine Kire Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation.Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality", according to the foundation. [1]