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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Raghu Karnad. Journalist and writer Raghu Karnad won the $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize in the non-fiction category for his debut book, The Farthest Field: An Indian Story Of The Second World War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Windham-Campbell prizes are global English-language awards that call attention to literary achievement and provide writers with the opportunity to focus on their work independent of financial concerns. Prizewinners receive an unrestricted grant of $165,000.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first Indian to win the Booker Prize was the author and activist Arundhati Roy. Her first novel ‘God of Small Things’ was also the best-selling book by a non-expat Indian novelist. She started writing the book in 1992 and completed it four years later, in 1996.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes is an American literary award which offers prizes in four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama. The award was established at Yale University in 2011 with the first prizes presented in 2013.