Bridging Cultures Through Literature

[CLOSED] Antonym Council of Global Arts and Literature (ACGAL) Translation Grants 2025

Announcement

Grants Awarded

  1. Debajyoti and Sikha Chatterjee Translation Fund – $2000
    Translation of Memoir or non-fiction on immigrant experience into English from any Indian language.

Awarded to Gokul Prabhu for English translation of the Malayalam novel Pravasam by M Mukundan

  1. Haripada Chakraborty Memorial Translation Grant – $1000
    Translation of non-fiction or memoir on Indian Communist movement into English from any Indian language.

Awarded to Adrija Ghosh for English translation of Hare Krishna Konar’s essay Paschimbange Bhumi Sanskar Bill

  1. Manju Bhattacharya Memorial Translation Grant – $1000
    Translation of a fiction from Bengali into Hindi

Awarded to Kumar Sashwat for Hindi translation of Shyamal Bhattacharya’s novel Banchha Kalpataru

Grants Reopened with Extended Opportunities

  1. Ranu Chakraborty Memorial Translation Grant – $1000
    Translation of a feminist non-fiction from any Indian language into English
  2. Param Bandyopadhyay Memorial Translation Grant – $500
    Translation of poetry (single author) in any Indian language into English