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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Madhuri Vijay. U.S.-based-Indian author Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel, “The Far Field” bagged this year’s JCB prize for Literature, the most expensive Indian award for writing. She also received Rs 25 lakh as the prize money and a sculpture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jawed received the prize money of Rs 25 lakh along with a trophy, a sculpture by Delhi artist duo Thukral and Tagra, “Mirror Melting”.

Detailed explanation-3: -2022 JCB Prize for Literature: Urdu writer Khalid Jawed wins prestigious prize. Khalid Jawed’s ‘The Paradise of Food’ tells the story of a middle-class joint Muslim Family over a span of 50 years where the narrator struggles to find his place, at odds in his home and the world outside.