Publishers submitted over 80 books for consideration under the category of Fiction (English), 120 books for consideration under the category of Non-Fiction (English) and 60 books for Popular Choice (English). A special reader based jury put together the long list from these submissions and another jury comprised of writers will announce the shortlist. The Best Illustrated Book for Adults award is a new category instituted in 2019 in association with Bodhitree.
For the Literary Achievement Award in Kannada, the jury selects an author who has made a significant contribution to Kannada language and literature in form, function and flavour.
The final jury for the year is headed by poet Arundhathi Subramaniam and editor Reena Puri.
Fiction
Longlist
Non-Fiction
Longlist
Popular Choice
To vote visit – agblfprize.com
Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize
Atta Galatta, in association with the Bangalore Literature Festival commemorates literary achievements with the Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize.
Instituted in 2015, the annual awards are presented under the categories of Fiction (In English) , Non-Fiction (In English) , Popular Choice and a new category of Best Illustrated Book for Adults (instituted in 2019 in association with Bodhitree) based on selection by a jury led by eminent literary personalities. The annual awards are also presented for Literary Achievement in Kannada to one author, celebrating their body of work and contribution to the language.
The Atta Galatta – Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize is probably the only major literary prize that considers translations, short-story anthologies and self-published works
Winners take home an original trophy – Thought Beyond Words.
Trophy - Thought Beyond Words
Thought Beyond Words aims to showcase how creative insights precede their translation into language.
The sculpture depicts the mind as a tree and thoughts as birds. Birds come and go to the branches of the tree. Some fleetingly, some with more persistence. Some birds will take up residence in the tree, build a nest in its branches and giving birth to more thoughts.
The sculpture was designed by Shri. T.S Ramani Sankar, the celebrated architect and executed by Sampath Appasamy of Artistick’s Art Forum.
Jury
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Bio
Arundhathi Subramaniam is a leading Indian poet and author of fifteen books of poetry and prose, most recently, the Penguin poetry volume, The Gallery of Upside Down Women and female mystic poetry anthology, Wild Women. Her awards include the Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry 2020, among others.
Reena I Puri
Bio
Reena Ittyerah Puri is the Executive Editor of Amar Chitra Katha. She has worked with the company for 33 years, spending the first 15 with Tinkle comics, and working with the Founder Editor, Anant Pai.
She learned from Uncle Pai, as he is called, how to communicate with children more effectively and how to use the comics format to engage with children and pass on some fun and learning. She took over as Executive Editor of Amar Chitra Katha in 2008 and leads the team in content creation.
Her special skills lie in storytelling, comics scripting, editing, planning visuals and understanding comics illustrations.