{"id":19072,"date":"2024-03-27T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=19072"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T05:06:18","slug":"chowdhury-prize-goes-to-novelist-and-columnist-hari-kunzru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/chowdhury-prize-goes-to-novelist-and-columnist-hari-kunzru\/","title":{"rendered":"Novelist Hari Kunzru wins 2024 Chowdhury Prize for Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/03\/Chowdhury_Kunzru_Top-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/03\/Chowdhury_Kunzru_Top-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/03\/Chowdhury_Kunzru_Top-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/03\/Chowdhury_Kunzru_Top-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  New York-based British writer Hari Kunzru takes the 2024 Chowdhury Prize for Literature. (Photo: Clayton Cubitt.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=arts-and-culture\">Arts and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Novelist Hari Kunzru wins 2024 Chowdhury Prize for Literature<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC Dornsife\u2019s Department of English, with the support of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation, will award the $20,000 prize during a gala at USC on April 18.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">USC Dornsife News 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Kunzru, a British novelist in New York and esteemed columnist for <em>Harper\u2019s Magazine<\/em>, has been named the winner of the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chowdhury-prize\/\">Chowdhury Prize in Literature<\/a>, presented by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences with the support of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.subirchowdhury.com\/\">Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kunzru\u2019s short stories and six novels, including <em>White Tears<\/em> (Knopf, 2017), <em>Gods Without Men<\/em> (Vintage Contemporaries, 2011), and <em>My Revolutions<\/em> (Dutton Adult, 2007), span diverse genres and themes, from the aftermath of 1960s radicalism to the mythologies of the Mojave. The judges note that Kunzru\u2019s works navigate the vast expanse of politics and culture through an acutely literary lens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defining feature of Hari Kunzru\u2019s writing is a kind of intellectual and emotional restlessness,\u201d said Chowdhury Prize administrator David Ulin, professor of English at USC Dornsife. He notes that Kunzru\u2019s characters are in a profound search for meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf literature is a meaning-making enterprise,\u201d said Ulin, \u201cthen Kunzru continually reminds us that this is a subjective process, in which one person\u2019s paradise may well become another\u2019s inferno. His books are rigorous and beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subir and Malini Chowdhury added, \u201cHe is a writer of astonishing engagement, one who embodies the idea of literature as a public art. His work exemplifies the focus and commitment the prize seeks to honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The award, which includes a $20,000 prize, will be presented at a gala on USC\u2019s University Park Campus on April 18.<\/p>\n<p>Awarded annually to authors with a body of work behind them, but also with significant future potential, the Chowdhury Prize is intended to encourage and help writers forge into new territories. There is no application process for the award and it\u2019s the only one of its kind on the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work of poets and writers is integral to understanding our collective humanity,\u201d said Dana Johnson, chair of the USC Dornsife <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/english-major\/\">Department of English<\/a> and Florence R. Scott Professor of English. \u201cSo, it\u2019s a privilege for USC, and for the English department in particular, to be able to present this award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The previous winners of the Chowdhury Prize are <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/2023-chowdhury-prize-victoria-chang\/\">Victoria Chang<\/a> (2023) and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/christos-ikonomou-chowdhury-prize-in-literature\/\">Christos Ikonomou<\/a> (2022).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chowdhury-prize\/chowdhury-prize-judges\/\">Chowdhury Prize judges<\/a> are Ulin, Nicole Terez Dutton, Maggie Nelson, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Claudia Rankine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div 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