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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of the novel “Half the Night Is Gone” that has won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019?
A
Vikram Seth
B
Amitabh Bagchi
C
Ravi Dubey
D
Rajesh Ahluwalia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Author Amitabha Bagchi Wins DSC Prize for Novel ‘Half the Night Is Gone’

Detailed explanation-2: -POKHARA: Amitabha Bagchi on Monday won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 for his novel ‘Half the Night is Gone’.

Detailed explanation-3: -In October, Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka’s The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida took home the 2022 Booker prize, with Indian writer Geetanjali Shree and her translator Daisy Rockwell winning the International Booker prize for Tomb of Sand.

Detailed explanation-4: -Amitabha Bagchi, winner of the DSC Prize 2019, receiving the trophy from Pradeep Gyawali, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal. Amitabha Bagchi’s novel Half The Night Is Gone has won the $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, topping a shortlist of six works of fiction.

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