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Detailed explanation-1: -Jayant Kaikini wins 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Jayant Kaikini, renowned Kannada poet short-story writer, columnist and playwright and lyricist, has won the prestigious 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for ‘No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories’ at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kannada author Jayant Kaikini was on Friday named the winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 for his translated work “No Presents Please".

Detailed explanation-3: -Amitabha Bagchi wins DSC Prize, $25,000 for ‘Half The Night Is Gone’, Kanak Dixit congratulates. The prize was awarded at the IME Nepal Literature Festival which concluded on Monday in Nepal.

Detailed explanation-4: -The US $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an international literary award specifically focused on South Asian fiction writing.