Jawed added it was because of Farooqi's skill of transporting his world into another world that the novel has been recognised for the award. I wrote this novel in 2014 and it is today that it has been recognised," he said. But it is today that I have felt the true happiness. "We look for happiness every single day and in different corners of our world. Receiving the award, Jawed exclaimed he had never expected his book would win this recognition. Jawed received the prize money of Rs 25 lakh along with a trophy - a sculpture by Delhi artist duo Thukral and Tagra, "Mirror Melting".īaran Farooqi also received an additional Rs 10 lakh for the award. "The Paradise of Food" tells the story of a middle-class joint Muslim family over a span of fifty years where the narrator struggles to find a place for himself, at odds in his home and the world outside. The book, originally published as "Ne'mat Khana" in 2014, is the fourth translation to win the award and the first work in Urdu. Author Khalid Jawed's "The Paradise of Food", translated by Baran Farooqi from Urdu, won the fifth JCB Prize for Literature on Saturday.
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