Godrej Literature Live! Mumbai Litfest Announces 2026 Book Award Winners Across Categories

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The Godrej Literature Live! Mumbai Litfest has announced its 2026 book award winners across five categories, including Fiction, Nonfiction, and Business. The awards aim to recognize and encourage literary talent for both established and new writers. Novelist Irwin Allan Sealy received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. Hindi poet Gagan Gill was honored as this year's Poet Laureate. Rahul Bhattacharya won Fiction Book of the Year for 'Railsong: A Novel', and Ghazala Wahab won Non-fiction Book of the Year for 'The Hindi Heartland: A Study'.