The Mozhi Prize 2023 – Results

A note from the judges | A note from Team Mozhi

THE WINNERS

First Prize – INR 50,000 – Sana R. Chaudhry for ‘Flights of Birds’, her translation of Tai’run Ababīl from the Urdu

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SECOND PLACE – INR 25,000 – Mithila R for ‘The Lonely Woman’, her translation of Akeli from the Hindi

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THIRD PLACE – INR 15,000 – Sangeetha Balakrishnan for ‘A Sliver of Sunlight’, her translation of Dhoop ka ek Tukda from the Hindi

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Special mention results:

(Each translator wins a special mention prize of INR 5000)

JudgeTranslatorStoryAuthorSource Language
Jenny BhattJyoshitaa Mahendrarajan LavanyaThe Elephant’s SalaryA. MuttulingamTamil
Rahul SoniRemitha SatheeshStill EyeJ. AjithanTamil
NS MadhavanSrikar RaghavanSootakaKum.VeerabhadrappaKannada

Congratulations to all the winners and special mentions!

The Mozhi Prize 2023 – Shortlist | The Mozhi Prize 2023 – Longlist

The Mozhi Prize 2022 – Results