The 11th edition of the Economist Crossword Book award were announced today.

The winners are:

Indian Fiction: The Folded Earth by Anuradha Roy

Indian Non-Fiction: A Free Man by Aman Sethi

Indian Language Translation:

• 17 by Anita Agnihotri, translated by Arunava Sinha
• Kocharethi: The Araya Woman by Narayan, translated by Catherine Thankamma

Popular: The Incredible Banker by Ravi Subramanian

The Crossword awards for Fiction, Non-Fiction and Translation each carry a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakhs, a trophy and a citation. The Popular Award entitles the winning author to a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh and a certificate.

In the case of a translated book, The Author and The Translator share the prize money equally. In this case, there are two joint winnders.

The full list of nominees:

• River of Smoke - Amitav Ghosh
• Narcopolis - Jeet Thayil
• The Storyteller of Marrakesh - Joydeep Roy Bhattacharya
• The Folded Earth - Anuradha Roy
• The Sly Company of People Who Care - Rahul Bhattacharya

English Non-Fiction

• Taj Mahal Foxtrot - Naresh Fernandes
• Lost Loves - Arshia Sattar
• His Majesty's Opponent - Sugata Bose
• Tinderbox - M.J. Akbar
• A Free Man - Aman Sethi

Translation

• In Freedom's Shade - Translated by Ayesha Kidwai
• The Story of Felanee - Translated by Deepika Phukan
• Yellow is the Colour of Longing - Translated by J. Devika
• The Araya Woman - Translated by Catherine Thankamma
• 17 - Translated by Arunava Sinha

Popular

•  Revolution 2020 - Chetan Bhagat
• The Secret of The Nagas - Amish
• Women & Weight Loss Tamasha - Rujuta Diwekar
• Can Love Happen Twice? - Ravinder Singh
• The Incredible Banker - Ravi Subramanian
• River of Smoke - Amitav Ghosh
• The Habit of Winning - Prakash Iyer
• Get To the Top - Suhel Seth
• I Have a Dream - Rashmi Bansal
• The Winning Way - Harsha & Anita Bhogle