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Panch Kanya - A Novel Experience in Indian Philosophy is not a book many my have heard of so far. But all this may change as it has been nominated for this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
This was conveyed through a communication from Clare Hogan, senior librarian with the Ireland-based International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award committee.
The book is the maiden venture of 18-year-old Ritu Kamal, a class XII student of the Notre Dame Academy in Patna, and has been published by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
Daughter of a senior income-tax official, Ritu Kamal is the first student from Bihar to be nominated for such a prestigious award in recent times.
The award is presented every year to a novel of high literary merit written in English. A book written in any other language can also qualify for the award after it is translated into English.
The winner is presented a trophy and a cash award of 100,000 euros, says the IMPAC communique.
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