'Bomboikar Goan' writer Jerry Pinto wins $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
SCROLL.IN | 02 March 2016 12:11 IST
Mumbai-based Goan writer Jerry Pinto is among the nine recipients of the Yale University's Windham-Campbell Prize this year, awarded to English-language writers "for their literary achievements or their potential".
The 49-year-old, whose book Em and the Big Hoom was released in 2012, was among the winners in the fiction category. CLICK TO READ MORE
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