Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year Award

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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.

2023 Recipient

The 2023 winner of the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non Fiction is Raw Umber by Sara Rai (Westland Books).

2023 Shortlist

Raw Umber

Sara Rai
(Westland Books)

The Song Of The Cell: An exploration of medicine and the new human

Siddhartha Mukherjee
(Penguin Random House India)

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The many lives of Agyeya

Akshaya Mukul
(Penguin Random House India)

2023 Longlist

Broken Script: Delhi under the East India Company and the fall of the Mughal Empire

Swapna Liddle
Speaking Tiger Books

India is Broken

Ashoka Mody
Juggernaut Books

Raw Umber

Sara Rai
Westland Books

The Song Of The Cell: An exploration of medicine and the new human

Siddhartha Mukherjee
Penguin Random House India

Vajpayee: The ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924-1977

Abhishek Choudhary
Pan Macmillan India/Picador

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The many lives of Agyeya

Akshaya Mukul
Penguin Random House India

2023 Jury

Arun Katiyar

Arun Katiyar a former journalist, is a content and communication consultant and author
Deepika Sorabjee

Deepika Sorabjee is the Head, Arts & Culture, Tata Trusts
Sanjukta Sharma

Sanjukta Sharma is a writer, critic, columnist, and editor, with a special interest in wellness.
Taran N.Khan

Taran N. Khan is a journalist and writer and winner of the 2020 Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Tina Nagpaul

Tina Nagpaul is a filmmaker and Associate Festival Director, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest