KLF Book Awards

The KLF Book Awards, founded in 2021, is a literary honor in India, presented and established by the Kalinga Literary Festival.

[2] The KLF Book Awards was established in 2021 by the Kalinga Literary Festival.

[3] The purpose of the award, according to festival director Rashmi Ranjan Parida, is "to contribute to debates and discourses in the national and global public sphere and encourage more thoughtful, reflective, unique and inspiring contributions".

[4] KLF Fiction Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Non-fiction Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Poetry Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Hindi Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Book in Translation of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Bhasa Award[3][4] KLF Debut Book Award[3][4] KLF Business Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Diplomacy/Strategic Affairs Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Environmental Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award[3][4] KLF Biography/Autobiography Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Children Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Sports Book of the Year Award[3][4] KLF Lifestyle and Emerging Trend Book Award[3][4] KLF Book Awards 2022,[6][7] [8] KLF Non-fiction Book Award 2022: -Sanjeev Sanyal’s- Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won its Freedom - Akshaya Mukul’s- Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya Kailash Satyarthi’s - Tum Pehle Kyon Nahi Aaye – Akhilesh’s - AKS – KLF Fiction Book Award 2022: -Navtej Sarna’s Crimson Spring ) -Pravin Kumar’s Amar Desva KLF Poetry Book Award 2022 -Ranjit Hoskote’s - Hunchprose -Pankaj Chaturvedi’s -Aakash Mein Ardhachandra KLF Business Book Award 2022 -Piyush Pandey’s Open House KLF Debut Book Award 2022 -Farah Bashir’s - Rumours of Spring -Sumit Sharma Sameer’s Wake Up Ali…Wake Up Now (Fiction, Vitasta) - Pradeep Baishakh Faces of Inequality: Stories of the poor and underprivileged from India’s grassroots KLF Women/Dalit/Tribal/Minorities Literature Award 202 -Machhliyan Gayengi Ek Din Pandumgeet- Poonam Vasam (Vani Prakashan) KLF Children Book Award 2022 -Zarin Virji’s - Gopal’s Gully KLF Lifestyle/Biography/Environment & Emerging Trend Book Award - Bimal Prasad & Sujata Prasad’s, The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan - Hindol Sengupta’s Sing, Dance and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada Founder-Acharya of ISKCON - Satyajit Ray Miscellany: On Life, Cinema, People & Much More - Abhay K- The Book of Bihari Literature-Edited- - Rama Shanker Singh - Nadi Putra KLF Book in Translation Award 2022 -JADUNAMA: Javed Akhtar's Journey (English) by Arvind Mandloi Translated by Dr Rakhshanda Jalil- - The Bride: The Maithili Classic Kanyadan By Harimohan Jha Translated by Lalit Kumar KLF Bhasha Book Award 2022 -Nepali: Ranjana Niraula- Anubhuti Ko Awataran – Kathmandu- Nepal -Maithili: Mahendra Malangia’s- Dak, Ghagh aa Bhaddari -Kannada: Srinivasa Murthy N.S.’s Shilpakala Devaaalayakke Daari – Kamla Enterprises, Bangalore -Odia: KamlaKant Mohapatra’s- Bou Hajila O Milia- 4Corners, Bhubneshwar -Malayalam: K. R. Meera- Qabar 3rd KLF Book Awards From 2024, Kalinga Literary Festival change the format of KLF Book Awards.

[9][10] Non-fiction: -'Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India by Manoj Mitta (Context by Westland) Fiction: -This Is Salvaged: Stories by Vauhini Vara (HarperCollins Publishers India) Poetry: -My Invented Land : New and Selected Poems by Robin S. Ngangom (Speaking Tiger ) Business: -Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions by Akshat Rathi, John Murray (Hachette UK) Translation: -A Woman Burnt by Imayam (Author), GJV Prasad (Translator) (Simon & Schuster India) Debut: -The Day I Became a Runner: A Women's History of India through the Lens of Sport by Sohini Chattopadhyay, Fourth Estate India (HarperCollins India) Children: -When Fairyland Lost Its Magic by Bijal Vachharajani, Rajiv Eipe, Harper Children’s (HarperCollins India)