Award
Geetanjali Shree Longlisted for the 2026 Warwick Prize
Geetanjali Shree’s novel Our City That Year has been named on the longlist for the 2026 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.
Geetanjali Shree Earns New Recognition for Translation
As Scroll reported on 02 October 2026, author Geetanjali Shree has earned a major international longlisting. Her novel Our City That Year, translated from the 1998 Hindi original Hamara Shahar Us Baras, is among the 13 titles selected for the 2026 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation at the University of Warwick.
The annual award, carrying a £1,000 prize, was established in 2017 to address gender imbalances in translated literature and promote international women's voices. The 2026 competition attracted a record 164 eligible entries across 37 languages, with the current longlist featuring works spanning 12 languages.
About the Award and Previous Wins
Shree and her translator Daisy Rockwell have won this prize before: they were co-winners in 2022 for Tomb of Sand, translated from the Hindi novel Ret Samadhi, which also won the International Booker Prize.
For readers in Tamil Nadu who follow global literary recognitions and translated fiction, this longlist announcement highlights another significant milestone for Indian literature on the international stage.