The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020
Virtual Festival
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Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year Award – Non Fiction
The Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non Fiction has been constituted to recognise noteworthy work in the Indian literary space in the non fiction genre.
2020 Recipient
The winner of the TATA Literature Live! Book Of The Year Award – Non Fiction is Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers by T.M. Krishna (Westland).
2020 Shortlist
In alphabetical order
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane
- Samanth Subramanian
- Simon & Schuster
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
- William Dalrymple
- Bloomsbury
The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment
- Joy Ma & Dilip D'Souza
- Pan Macmillan
Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers
- T.M Krishna
- Westland
2020 Longlist
A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V.K. Krishna Menon
- Jairam Ramesh
- Penguin Random House
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane
- Samanth Subramanian
- Simon & Schuster
Akbar: The Great Mughal
- Ira Mukhoty
- Aleph
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
- William Dalrymple
- Bloomsbury
The Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian Internment
- Joy Ma & Dilip D'Souza
- Pan Macmillan
Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers
- T.M. Krishna
- Westland
2020 Jury
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Jonathan Gil Harris
Author, Professor and Head of the Dept of English, Ashoka University. -
Manu Pillai
Historian, award-winning author of four books and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar Award. -
Meena Menon
Independent journalist, author of three books; former bureau chief The Hindu, Mumbai. -
Naresh Fernandes
Founder & Editor, Scroll; author, Poeisis Fellow at the Institute of Public Knowledge at New York University. -
Anil Dharker
Author of six books; columnist; Founder-Director, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest
Past Recipients
Early Indians
2019
- Tony Joseph
- Juggernaut
The RSS
2018
- Walter K. Andersen and Shridhar D. Damle
- Viking
Age Of Anger
2017
- Pankaj Mishra
- Juggernaut
The Gene
2016
- Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Penguin Random House India
Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India
2015
- Akshaya Mukul
- HarperCollins
A Southern Music
2014
- T M Krishna
- HarperCollins