The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey

The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey is a novel by Indian author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. Published in the year 2014, this was his first book. For this novel, Shekhar won the 2015 Yuva Puraskar,[1][2] was shortlisted for the 2014 Crossword Book Award[3] and the 2014 Hindu Literary Prize,[4] longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award,[5] and jointly won the 2015 Muse India Young Writer Award.[6] As of December 2019, this book has been translated into Tamil and Bengali.[7] The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey was named by The Hindu in December 2019 as one of the ten best fiction books of the decade.[8]

The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey
First edition
AuthorHansda Sowvendra Shekhar
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherAleph Book Company, New Delhi, India
Publication date
2014
Media typePrint (paperback), E-book
ISBN9789382277323
Followed byThe Adivasi Will Not Dance: Stories (2015) 

References
  1. Sahitya Akademi. "List of Yuva Puraskar winners (2011-2017)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. Sudipta Datta, 'Who is Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, fighting a ban', The Hindu (19 August 2017).
  3. Arunima Mazumdar (April 4, 2015). "Meet the contenders: the Crossword Book Award 2014 shortlists for fiction and non-fiction". Scroll. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. "Here's the shortlist". The Hindu. October 5, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. "The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey". International Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. GK News Network (December 21, 2015). "Shahnaz Bashir's The Half Mother declared winner of Muse India award". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  7. "Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar on Academia". Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  8. "Best fiction books of the decade". The Hindu. December 28, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
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