Singapore Literature Prize 2024: Indian-Origin Lecturer Prasanthi Ram Wins for English Fiction

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Category : Awards Published on: September 13 2024

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An Indian-origin lecturer at Nanyang Technological University has won the Singapore Literature Prize for English fiction for her short story – ‘Nine Yard Sarees’.
Prasanthi Ram, 32, debut work was published in late 2023.
The short story cycle is about generations of a Tamil Brahmin family dispersed across Singapore, Sydney, New York, and Connecticut.

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Singapore Literature Prize 2024: Indian-Origin Lecturer Prasanthi Ram Wins for English Fiction