Shakti Bhatt Prize

Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize
Awarded for the first book published an author in India
CountryIndia
Presented byShakti Bhatt Foundation
Reward(s)₹200,000[1]
Established2007
First awarded2008
Last awarded2022

The Shakti Bhatt Prize is a literary award established in 2007 in memory of Indian publisher, Shakti Bhatt. Between 2008 and 2019, it was awarded for first books published in India by an author of any age in the genres of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and drama.[2] From 2020 onward, the Prize has been awarded in recognition of a writer's body of work, instead of a first book.[3]

  1. ^ Chakrabarti, Paromita (2022-09-15). "Bengali writer Manoranjan Byapari wins the 2022 Shakti Bhatt Prize". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  2. ^ "Remembering Shakti Bhatt: The Shakti Bhatt Foundation announces the inaugural 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize". Remembering Shakti Bhatt. 2007-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  3. ^ "Revamped Shakti Bhatt prize honours activists Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha". The Indian Express. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-09-06.