Jerry Pinto awarded $150k surprise literary prize

Indian author, Jerry Pinto was recently awarded the ‘surprise’ Windham-Capmbell prize of $150,000 (approx £105,000). Established in 2013 with a gift from the late novelist Donald Windham in memory of his partner of 40 years, Sandy M. Campbell, the prizes recognize writers from any country who write in English. Past recipients have included Pankaj Mishra …