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Infoclikz,13 April 2010   Rana Dasgupta Wins Commonwealth Writer’s Prize 2010 for Solo The spirit of India, myths, the lives of common people, tales of diverse cultures triumphed in the world of Commonwealth literature on Monday, when Delhi-based writer Rana Dasgupta won the Commonwealth Writer’s prize for the best book, Solo. Solo is the tale […]

India PR Line,13 April 2010    The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010 Best Book Awardgoes to Rana Dasgupta for ‘SOLO’ New Delhi, 13 April 2010: SOLO by Rana Dasgupta, was awarded the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010 Best Book. The award was given away by Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs at an award

G Breaking News,13 April 2010   Rana Dasgupta Honored With Best Book Award at the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Rana Dasgupta, the British-Indian author of 38 years has won 10,000 British Pounds as best book prize for his solo novel “bold” at The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. It is a yearly event that identifies literature from the

The Indian Express,13 April 2010   ‘Solo’ winner: Commonwealth writers’ prize comes to city British-Indian author Rana Dasgupta, who has made Delhi his home for the last nine years, won the Commonwealth Writers’ Best Book Prize on Monday for his second novel Solo. Cheered by the city’s literary set at a function held in the

BB News,13 April 2010    Rana Dasgupta wins Commonwealth Writers’ prize British author’s novel Solo takes award, with Best First Novel prize going to Australian Glenda Guest On the day when a band of former winners including AS Byatt, Louis de Bernires and Andrea Levy called for governments around the world to “find new ways

Bookseller.com,13 April 2010   UK author wins Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best Book Fourth Estate author Rana Dasgupta has won the 10,000 British Pounds for Best Book award at the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for her novel Solo. Dasgupta beat five other titles in the South Asia and Europe category, and 23 others from all those

Breaking News Online,13 April 2010    Rana Dasgupta wins 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize New Delhi: Breaking News! British writer of Indian origin, Rana Dasgupta has won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for his novel ‘Solo’. Australian Glenda Guest has won for best first book for her ‘Siddon Rock’. Dasgupta [Rana Dasgupta] received 10,000 British Pound,

Courier Mail,13 April 2010   Australian Glenda Guest wins Commonwealth Writer’s Prize AUSTRALIAN author Glenda Guest’s Siddon Rock has been named best first book as part of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Guest collected $8,250 yesterday following judging in New Delhi for the awards, organised by the Commonwealth Foundation. Siddon Rock explores the effect of

The Canberra Times,14 April 2010