List of Yuva Puraskar winners for English

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Yuva Puraskar is given each year to young writers for their outstanding works in the 24 languages, since 2011.

Recipients

Following is the list of recipients of Yuva Puraskar for their works written in English. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque.[1]

Year Author Work Genre References
2011 Vikram Sampath 'My Name Is Gauhar Jaan!'–The Life And Times of A Musician Biography
2012 Aman Sethi A Free Man Non Fiction
2013 Janice Pariat Boats on Land Short Stories
2014 Kaushik Barua Windhorse Novel [2]
2015 Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey Novel
2016 Raghu Karnad Farthest Field An Indian Story of The Second World War Biography
2017 Manu S. Pillai The Ivory Throne Biography
2018 No Award [3]
2019 Tanuj Solanki Diwali in Muzaffarnagar Short Stories
2020 Yashica Dutt Coming Out as Dalit Memoir [4]
2021 Megha Majumdar A Burning Novel [5][6][7]
2022 Mihir Vatsa Tales of Hazaribagh Travel Memoir
2023 Anirudh Kanisetti Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas Historical [8]
2024 K. Vaishali Homeless: Growing up Lesbian and Dyslexic In India Memoir [9][10][11]

See also

References

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