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EntertainmentApr 02, 2026 06:18 PM

Indian-Origin Author Padma Viswanathan Shortlisted For Booker Prize As Translator

New Delhi: Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian-American author of Indian origin, has earned a place on the 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist for her English translation of Brazilian writer Ana Paula Maia's Portuguese novella 'On Earth As It Is Beneath.' Described by judges as a "brutal, haunting and hypnotic novella set in a remote Brazilian penal colony, where the boundaries between justice and cruelty collapse," the book is among six global entries for the prestigious award. The £50,000 pr ...Read More >

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EntertainmentApr 02, 2026 01:43 PM

Indian-origin translator Padma Viswanathan shortlisted for International Booker Prize 2026

New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian-American writer of Indian-origin, has made it to the 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist as the English translator of a Portuguese language novella. "On Earth As It Is Beneath" by Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia, described by judges as a "brutal, haunting and hypnotic novella set in a remote Brazilian penal colony, where the boundaries between justice and cruelty collapse", is among the six worldwide contenders for the coveted literary ...Read More >

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