Three Pakistani authors have been selected in the nominees for the 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature announced by leading Indian writer Keki N. Daruwalla, at the Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan.
The Pakistani writers selected are Bilal Tanweer for Scatter Here Is Too Great, Omar Shahid Hamid for The Prisoner and Kamila Shamsie for A God in Every Stone.
The longlist includes 10 books by authors who hail from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan; some of whom are now based in US, UK or Canada. Shortlisted books will be further announced on November 27th.
