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Khalid Jawed's Urdu novel 'The Paradise of Food' wins 2022 JCB Prize for Literature

Author Khalid Jawed's 'The Paradise of Food', translated by Baran Farooqi from the Urdu original 'Ne'mat Khana' (2014), won the fifth JCB Prize for Literature on Saturday. It is the fourth translation to win the award and the first work in Urdu.
Book Review: In 2022 JCB shortlisted translation of Khalid Jawed's Urdu classic 'The Paradise of Food', disgust follows delight

In a first translation of Khalid Jawed's Ne'mat Khana, by Baran Farooqi, food will make you lose your appetite, and the kitchen is a place of danger and strife

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