Raghu Karnad '05, an award-winning writer and journalist living between Delhi and Bangalore, discusses his breakout book Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War. The book narrates the lost epic of India’s war, in which the largest volunteer army in history fought for the British Empire, even as its countrymen fought to be free of it. It is now co-presented by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.Raghu karnad '05 discusses his breakout book "Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War." The Windham-Campbell Prize was established in 2013 by writer Donald Windham to honour his late partner Sandy Campbell. 'This year’s Windham-Campbell Prize recipients in fiction are Danielle McLaughlin (Ireland) and David Chariandy (Canada) in nonfiction the winners include Raghu Karnad (India) and Rebecca Solnit (United States) in poetry Ishion Hutchinson (Jamaica) and Kwame Dawes (Ghana/Jamaica/United States) are the winners and in drama the winners include, Young Jean Lee (United States) and Patricia Cornelius (Australia),' reads a statement on the prize's official website. Two winners were announced this year in each of the four categories for the prize, namely- fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. In terms of the award money, Windham-Campbell Prize is one of the richest literary awards worldwide. Each of the eight winners won $165,000 as prize money to support their writing. The Indian author is one of the eight winners who have been chosen across four categories this year.
Karnad won the prestigious award for his debut book ' The Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War' in the non-fiction category on early Thursday (IST) in a ceremony which was held in London. Journalist and writer Raghu Karnad became the second Indian to win the Windham-Campbell Prize after Jerry Pinto who won the prize in 2016 for his novel ' Em And the Big Hoom'.
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