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Detailed explanation-1: -Mukundan Khalid Jawed won the prize for the year 2021 for his novel Delhi: A Soliloquy, originally written in Malayalam and translated into English by Fathima EV and Nandakumar K.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Khalid Jawed and Baran Farooqi celebrate their win. | The JCB Prize for Literature on Instagram. The award ceremony for the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature, celebrating a shortlist exclusively full of translations, flitted between languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -This year awarded to: Madhu Kankaria for her book Hum Yahaan The ( ). Description: The award was instituted by Thakazhi Smaraka Samiti and Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala in the memory of renowned writer Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. It includes of Rs. 50, 000, a citation and a plaque.