The second edition of Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize was awarded to author Rana Dasgupta for his 2010 novel “Solo”, a tale of estrangement and the ultimate failure of material existence. Dasgupta was rewarded with 10,000 dollars, A Tagore statue and a certificate for his contribution to literature.
The author is delighted and surprised to see ‘Solo’ receiving fresh recognition, he feels that it is important to retrieve this lost knowledge and make it something new, strange and something that is never seen before’
The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for social achievement was awarded to Yohei Sasakawa, the World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, for “his incredible efforts to uproot leprosy and great contribution to world peace”.The Prize was also awarded to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen as “a beacon of democracy”,
