Jhumpa Lahiri wins DSC Prize for 2015

Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri

Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri on Thursday won the $50,000 DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia’s top literary awards for her book, The Lowland .

The Prize celebrates writing on the South Asian region from writers across the globe and is given to the best novel or translations into English of a work on or about the region.

“This is an enormous honour for

The Lowland and for me personally. I wish I was there in person to receive the award,” Ms. Lahiri said through a phone conversation from Rome. Publisher Caroline Newbury accepted the award on her behalf.

The prize was given by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Shesadri.