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Nilanjana S Roy named jury for 2026 International Booker Prize
She joins a distinguished five-member panel chaired by British author Natasha Brown.
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Bhavana P - Thu, 26, Jun 2025
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Indian author and journalist Nilanjana S Roy has been selected as one of the judges for the 2026 International Booker Prize.
Roy is the author of two acclaimed novels — The Wildings (2012), which won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize in 2013 and was shortlisted for multiple awards, and its sequel, The Hundred Names of Darkness (2013). Both novels are imaginative works of fiction centered around animal societies in urban India.
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She has also published The Girl Who Ate Books (2016), an essay collection that draws from her two decades of literary journalism. The book offers a vivid account of Indian English literature, literary culture in Delhi and Kolkata, and the evolution of reading habits in India.
Apart from that, Roy has had a distinguished two-decade-long career writing for leading publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Business Standard, and Scroll.in. Known for her deep engagement with Indian literature and reading culture, she is also a noted editor and columnist.
In addition to her own writings, Roy has edited several anthologies including A Matter of Taste: The Penguin Book of Indian Writing on Food (2005), Patriots, Poets and Prisoners (2016), and Our Freedoms (2021), which features essays on democracy, dissent, and rights in contemporary India.
The longlist of 12 or 13 titles will be announced on February 24, 2026. The shortlist of six books will follow on March 31, with the winner to be revealed in a ceremony in May 2026.
The International Booker Prize carries a total award of £50,000, split equally between the winning author and their translator(s), underlining the significance of collaboration in bringing international literature to English-speaking audiences. Each book shortlisted for the prize will also receive £5,000, shared equally by the author and translator(s).
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