The novel presents a fictionalised account of the Jasmine Revolution that began in the region around December 2010 and was quelled by January 2011. Benyamin calls his novel “a metaphor for the world today, full of fanatics”. It centres on the story of a young woman in a city where the promise of revolution turns into destruction and strife. Jasmine Days is about the lives of South Asian migrants in the Gulf. The translator of the novel was also given an additional prize of Rs 5 lakhs. The author received a cash prize of Rs 25 lakhs, as well as a trophy, entitled Mirror Melting , created by the Delhi-based artist duo Thukral and Tagra. The book, originally written in Malayalam, is translated by Shahnaz Habib. T he author of Jasmine Days, Benyamin, was declared the first winner of the JCB Prize for Literature at a special event held in Delhi on 24 October. The JCB Prize for Literature 2018 was awarded to Benyamin’s ‘brilliant and intense novel’ Jasmine Days, which is translated from the original Malayalam into English by Shahnaz Habib.
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