Why in news? The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22 jointly won by Sudeep Sen and Shobhana Kumar

Highlights

• The Prize 2021-22 has been jointly won by Sudeep Sen for his genre and formbender Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation and Shobhana Kumar for her haibun collection A Sky Full of Bucket Lists .

About Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize

• It is a literary honour in India conferred annually to published works of Indian authors (residing in India or abroad)
• Given to novel, short stories, poetry and drama, originally written in any of Indian official languages and dialects, but translated to English.
• Sponsored : Maitreya Publishing Foundation
• Rewards : USD 10,000, along with a Rabindranath Tagore statuette while the shortlisted authors each receive USD 500.,
• First awarded: 2018