New Delhi: The Yale University, USA conferred the Windham-Campbell Prize to Delhi-based writer and journalist Raghu Karnad.
Karnad won the prize in the non-fiction category for his book, ‘Farthest Field’, about India’s role in World War II, which was published in 2015.
Raghu Karnad was announced as one of the eight recipients of Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize this year, in London.
One of the world’s most lucrative literary awards, the prize is open to English language writers from across the world, with each winner receiving $165,000 to support their writing.
The book was shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for 2016 and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for a writer in English the same year.
Raghu Karnad is the son of actor Girish Karnad .