The Twelfth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Thursday, November 18th to Sunday, November 21st 2021
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Tata Literature Live! First Book Award – Fiction
The Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for Fiction recognises new talent in the Indian literary space in the fiction genre.
2021 Recipient
The 2021 winner of the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award – Fiction is A Death in Shonagachhi by Rijula Das (Pan MacMillan)
2021 Shortlist
A Bit of Everything
- Sandeep Raina
- Westland
A Death in Shonagachhi
- Rijula Das
- Pan MacMillan
Gods and Ends
- Lindsay Pereira
- Penguin Random House
2021 Longlist
A Bit of Everything
- Sandeep Raina
- Westland
A Death in Shonagachhi
- Rijula das
- Pan Macmillan
Gods and Ends
- Lindsay Pereira
- Penguin Random House
Gold Diggers
- Sanjena Sathian
- HarperCollins
The City of Good Death
- Priyanka Champaneri
- Penguin Random House
The Eminently Forgettable Life of Mrs. Pankajam
- Meera Rajagopalan
- Hachette
2021 Jury
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Arundhati Subramaniam
Poet, author, journalist and curator -
Githa Hariharan
Author, editor and columnist -
Shashi Warrier
Author, columnist and professor -
Vinita Mathew
Professor of English Literature, Wilson College, Mumbai -
Shireen Mistry
Committee Member, Tata Literature Live!; communications professional
Past Recipients
Djinn Patrol
2020
- Deepa Anappara
- Penguin Random House
The Far Field
2019
- Madhuri Vijay
- HarperCollins
Latitudes of Longing
2018
- Shubhangi Swarup
- HarperCollins
Leila
2017
- Prayaag Akbar
- S&S India
Swimmer Among The Stars
2016
- Kanishk Tharoor
- Aleph Book Company
Red Maize
2015
- Danesh Rana
- HarperCollins
The Smoke Is Rising
2014
- Mahesh Rao
- Daunt Books