The 1st Rainbow Awards ceremony was held at Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi on 10 December 2023. It celebrated writers from 1 January 2022 and journalists from 1 June 2022, both until 31 May 2023.[1]
| 1st Rainbow Awards | |
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| Date | December 10, 2023 |
| Venue | Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation |
| Website | therainbowawards |
Jury
editThe nine-member jury composed of following members evaluated the submissions and decide on the award winners. Rohin Bhatt, queer rights activist, lawyer and bioethicist, served as a co-coordinator.[1][2]
- Adrija Bose, editor
- Alka Pande, art historian and writer
- Anish Gawande, co-found of the Pink List India
- Jyotsna Siddharth, artist and writer
- Kalki Subramaniam, activist, artist and writer
- Parvati Sharma, writer
- Poonam Saxena, writer and translator
- Sindhu Rajasekaran, writer and researcher
Winners and nominees
editLifetime Achievement Award
editHoshang Merchant, a Hyderabad-based poet and professor best known for his anthology Yaraana, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.[1][3]
Literature
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Fiction of the Year
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Non-fiction of the Year
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Journalism
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Feature of the Year
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Op-Ed of the Year
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Sharma, Saurabh (11 December 2023). "Rainbow Lit Fest 2023: Winners of the inaugural Rainbow Awards for Literature and Journalism announced". Moneycontrol. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
- ^ Scroll Staff (25 May 2023). "Inaugural Rainbow Awards to honour queer literature and journalism". Scroll.in.
- ^ Nanisetti, Serish (10 September 2018). "'Homosexuality is endemic where capitalism thrives,' says Hoshang Merchant". The Hindu. thehindu.com.
- ^ Mallick, Krishnagopal (2023). Entering the maze: queer fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick. Translated by Chatterjee, Niladri R. New Delhi: Niyogi Books. ISBN 978-93-91125-90-5.
- ^ Patel, Neel (2021). Tell me how to be. New York, United States: Flatiron Books. ISBN 9781250184979. OCLC 1257313197.
- ^ Ravindra, Smriti (2023). The woman who climbed trees (1st ed.). New York: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-324048-3.
- ^ Sharma, Maya (2022). Footprints of a queer history: life-stories from Gujarat. New Delhi, India: Yoda Press. ISBN 9789382579359. OCLC 1347785526.
- ^ Onir; Malik, Irene Dhar (2022). I am Onir, & I am gay. Gurugram, Haryana, India: Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-670-09473-8. OCLC 1334560573.
- ^ K., Vaishali (2023). Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9789392099502. OCLC 1371141365.
- ^ Kang, Akhil (5 January 2023). "Brahmin Men who love to Eat A**". Decolonizing Sexualities Network. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023.
- ^ Minj, Nolina (2022-09-07). "The horrors of queer conversion therapy in India". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07.
- ^ Dastidar, Riddhi (18 April 2023). "Seen-Unseen". Queer Beat. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023.
- ^ Mitra, Chittajit (2022-09-29). "Essay: Queering translation: Locating queerness in Indian languages". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09.
- ^ Gupta, Kinshuk (2023-01-27). "Why Saurabh Kirpal needs to be appointed as judge". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20.
- ^ Rao, R. Raj (2022-07-28). "Though homosexuality has been decriminalised, two incidents in Pune show how bias still prevails". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28.