The winner of this year's National Book Award for fiction for his collection of short stories, "Beyond the Grey Line," is an Indian man.
niladri shekhar mitra, who has also won the National Book Award for non-fiction for his collection of stories, "letters of nine," was announced as this year's winner at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, on Sunday, reports the New York Times.
His work has been published in more than 40 countries and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
"I am honored to win the National Book Award for fiction for my first collection," he said in a statement.
"I hope that this book will inspire others to find their voice and make a positive difference in their communities."
The rest of the winners of this year's awards: Fiction: The Hate U Give by Matthew Desmond, winner of the National Book Critics Circle prize Fiction: The Vegetarians by Mohsin Reza, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award Fiction: The Vegetarians by Mohsin Reza, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award Children's fiction: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award Children's fiction: The Vegetarians by Mohsin
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