| The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize | |
|---|---|
| Literary award | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding work by an Indian Author |
| Sponsored by | Maitreya Publishing Foundation |
| Reward(s) | USD 10,000 (2018-2019) USD 5,000 (2020) |
| First awarded | 2018 |
| Last awarded | 2020 |
| Most recent winner | The City And The Sea, Raj Kamal Jha |
| Highlights | |
| First winner | One hundred poems of Kabir, Kabir |
| Last winner | The City And The Sea, Raj Kamal Jha |
| Website | tagoreprize.com |
The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize is a literary honour in India conferred annually to published works of Indian authors (residing in India or abroad) in novel, short stories, poetry and drama, originally written in any of Indian official languages and dialects, but translated to English. It was founded in 2018 by US-based independent and non-profit publishing house Maitreya Publishing Foundation (MPF)[1] as a platform for world peace, literature, art, education and human rights. The winners receive USD 10,000 as the prize money along with a Rabindranath Tagore statuette while the shortlisted authors each receive USD 500.[2][3]
The 2019 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize in literature was awarded to Rana Dasgupta for the literary novel “Solo". Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 for Social Achievement was awarded to Yohei Sasakawa, for his efforts to uproot leprosy and his great contribution to world peace, and to Madame President of Taiwan, Ms. Tsai Ing-Wen and Taiwanese people, as being a Beacon of Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom.[4]
In 2020 Rabindranath Tagore Prize for Social Achievement was conferred to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, the late Sultan of Oman and The People of Oman, for his lifelong efforts and legacy as a peacemaker, his Majesty’s velvety diplomatic mediation of complex domestic and world affairs resulting in successful peaceful resolutions and to the world-renowned dancer choreographer Sandip Soparrkar for his worldwide initiative 'Dance for a Cause' where he uses dance, music and drama to highlight various world social issues.[5] Raj Kamal Jha was announced the winner of the Tagore Literary Prize for his novel – The City and the Sea.[6] In 2020, it was announced that the prizes for 2021 and 2022 would be merged, due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]