Indian Author Raghu Karnad Wins US Windham-Campbell Prize
- Indian journalist and author Raghu Karnad has won the $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize 2019, in the non-fiction category, for his book, Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War, published in 2015.
- Delhi based Karnad was one among eight recipients of Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize in four categories, namely – Fiction, Non-fiction, Drama and Poetry, in London.
- Apart from Karnad, the other winner in non-fiction category was American writer Rebecca Solnit.
- Windham-Campbell Prize is one of the world’s most lucrative literary awards, open to English language writers from across the world, with each winner receiving $165,000 to support their writing.