Indian writer Annie Zaidi wins $100,000 global book prize | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Indian writer Annie Zaidi wins $100,000 global book prize | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By PTI |London |Published: May 30, 2019 10:14:18 am

Indian writer Annie Zaidi wins $100,000 global book prize

Mumbai-based Zaidi, a freelance writer whose work includes reportage, essays, short stories, poetry and plays, won for her entry ‘Bread, Cement, Cactus' – combining memoir and reportage to explore concepts of home and belonging rooted in her experience of contemporary life in India.

Annie Zaidi has published both fiction and non-fiction, including a collection of essays ‘Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales’

Indian writer Annie Zaidi was on Wednesday announced as the 2019 winner of the USD 100,000 Nine Dots Prize, a prestigious book prize created to award innovative thinking that addresses contemporary issues around the world.