The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) has announced the KLF Book Awards 2022 in various categories, including Non-fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Hindi, Translation, Bhasa First Book, Business, Environmental, Biography or Autobiography, Children, Sports, Lifestyle, and Emerging Trend Books, among others.


The award-winning books were selected from submissions by publishers across these categories. The winners will be honoured and awarded at the annual KLF, which will take place from February 24-26, 2023 at the Swosti Premium Hotel in Bhubaneswar.


Renowned authors and their works will be featured at the festival, including Sanjeev Sanyal’s “Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its Freedom,” Kailash Satyarthi’s “Tum Pehle Kyon Nahi Aaye,” Hindol Sengupta’s “Sing, Dance, and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON,” Ranjit Hoskote’s “Hunchprose,” Pravin Kumar’s “Amar Desva,” Akshaya Mukul’s “Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya,” and others selected for the 2022 KLF Book Awards.


The KLF 2023 event will engage with thought-provoking ideas and the resilient human spirit and will feature dedicated sessions on contemporary debates and discourses in the public sphere. 


KLF is one of the most prestigious international literary festivals, held annually in Bhubaneswar.


In addition to the annual KLF program, the festival includes popular events such as the Kalinga Literary Festival-Kathmandu, Mystic Kalinga Festival, Kandhamal Literary Festival, and Maithili Literary Festival.


These events celebrate India’s creative spirit and literary diversity, bringing together literary minds from within and outside of India. Authors, academics, policymakers, literary and cultural figures, political and social activists, lawmakers, government officials, corporate leaders, spiritual thinkers, students, and people from all walks of life come together to exchange opinions and immerse themselves in the festival’s vibrant atmosphere.


The KLF Book Awards, established in 2021, aims to identify, recognize, acknowledge, encourage, and honour literary talents across genres, both established and new writers. The objective is to shape future literary icons. The awards will be conferred during the KLF annual program in Bhubaneswar, based on recommendations from an independent award jury.


"The objective of KLF Book Awards have been to contribute to debates and discourses in the national and global literary public sphere and encourage more reflective, thoughtful, and inspiring contributions. Dedicated sessions are planned on these books by the authors and erudite reviewers to enrich the literary and intellectual atmosphere at the Kalinga Literary Festival," said Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Founder and Director of the Kalinga Literary Festival.


KLF Book Awards: Categories & Selected Titles For The Year 2022


KLF Non-fiction Book Award 2022:  


ENGLISH


-Sanjeev Sanyal’s- Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its Freedom (HarperCollins)


-Akshaya Mukul’s- Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya (Penguin)


HINDI


Kailash Satyarthi’s - Tum Pehle Kyon Nahi Aaye –(Rajakamal Prakasahn Samuh)


Akhilesh’s - AKS –(Setu Prakashan Samuh)


KLF Fiction Book Award 2022:  


ENGLISH


-Navtej Sarna’s Crimson Spring (Aleph Book Company)


HINDI


-Pravin Kumar’s Amar Desva (Radhakrishna Prakashan/ Rajakamal Prakashan Samuh)


KLF Poetry Book Award 2022 


ENGLISH


-Ranjit Hoskote’s - Hunchprose (Penguin)


HINDI


-Pankaj Chaturvedi’s -Aakash Mein Ardhachandra (Rukh Prakashan)


KLF Business Book Award 2022 


-Piyush Pandey’s Open House (Penguin)


KLF First Book Award 2022 


-Farah Bashir’s - Rumours of Spring (HarperCollins)


-Sumit Sharma Sameer’s Wake Up Ali…Wake Up Now (Fiction, Vitasta) 


- Pradeep Baishakh Faces of Inequality: Stories of the poor and underprivileged from India’s grassroots- (Notion Press)


KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 2021-22 


-Machhliyan Gayengi Ek Din Pandumgeet- Poonam Vasam (Vani Prakashan)


KLF Children Book Award 2022 


-Zarin Virji’s - Gopal’s Gully (Penguin)


KLF Lifestyle/Biography/Environment & Emerging Trend Book Award 


- Bimal Prasad & Sujata Prasad’s, The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan (Penguin)


- Hindol Sengupta’s Sing, Dance and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON (Penguin)


- Satyajit Ray Miscellany: On Life, Cinema, People & Much More (Penguin)


- Abhay K- The Book of Bihari Literature-Edited- (HarperCollins)


- Rama Shanker Singh - Nadi Putra- (Setu Prakashan Samuh) 


KLF Book in Translation Award 2022 


-JADUNAMA: Javed Akhtar's Journey (English) by Arvind Mandloi Translated by Dr Rakhshanda Jalil- (Amaryllis; Manjul)


- The Bride: The Maithili Classic Kanyadan By Harimohan Jha Translated by Lalit Kumar (HarperCollins)


KLF Bhasha Book Award 2022 


-Nepali: Ranjana Niraula- Anubhuti Ko Awataran – Kathmandu- Nepal (Shikha Books)


-Maithili: Mahendra Malangia’s-  Dak, Ghagh aa Bhaddari (Malangia Arts), New Delhi


-Kannada: Srinivasa Murthy N.S.’s Shilpakala Devaaalayakke Daari – Kamla Enteprises, Bangalore


-Odia: KamlaKant Mohapatra’s- Bou Hajila O Milia- 4Corners, Bhubneshwar


-Malayalam: KR Meera- Qabar