Past Winners - Valley of Words

2020 Winners

Wasted – The Messy Story of Sanitation in India
Ankur Bisen
English Non-fiction
Pan Macmillan

The Story of Being Useless + Three Contexts of a Writer
Avadhoot Dongare
Translated into English, Translations
Ratna Sagar

The Radiance of a Thousand Suns
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Harper Collins India

Pani Ko Sab Yaad Tha (Poetry)
Anamika
Creative Writing in Hindi (Fiction & Poetry)
Rajkamal Prakashan

Gyan Ka Gyan
Hridaynarayan Dikshit
Hindi Non-fiction
Vani Prakashan/Nine Books

Galiyon Ke Shehzaade
Nasera Sharma
Writings for Young Adults
Prabhat Prakashan

Basheer: 3 Laghu Upanyaas
Basheer
Translated into Hindi
Authorspress

मैं बोनसाई अपने समय का (Main Bonsai Apne Samay Ka)
रामशरण जोशी (Ramsharan Joshi)
Hindi Non-fiction
Rajkamal Prakashan

बालगंधर्व
Abhiram Bhadkamkar
Translated into Hindi, Translations
Rajkamal Prakashan

पागलखाना (Pagalkhana)
Gyan Chaturvedi
Hindi Fiction
Rajkamal Prakashan

The Man Who Saved India
Hindol Sengupta
English Non-fiction
Penguin Random House India

History of Mathematics
Archana Sarat
Writings for Young Adults
Readomania

Echoes of the Veena
R Chudamani
Translated into English, Translations
Ratna Sagar

A Day in the Life
Anjum Hasan
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Penguin Random House India

Murder In Mahim
Jerry Pinto
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Speaking Tiger Publishing

Mishti, the Mirzapuri Labrador
Gillian Wright
Writings for Young Adults
Speaking Tiger Publishing

Durand’s Curse
Rajiv Dogra
English Non-fiction
Rupa Publications

मीर आके लौट गया
Munawwar Rana
Hindi Non-fiction
Vani Prakashan/Nine Books

जलतरंग
Santosh Choubey
Hindi Fiction
Bharatiya Jnanpith

Things to Leave Behind
Namita Gokhale
Creative Writing in English (Fiction & Poetry)
Penguin Random House India

Born to Fly
Nitin Sathe
English Non-fiction
Vitasta Publishing