SOURCE: SCROLL

Pankaj Mishra is the 2024 recipient of the Weston International Award. The prize recognises the career achievement of an international author for nonfiction work. Mishra, who is known for his writing on the Global South, Western imperialism in Asia and contemporary spirituality, will receive a cash prize of $75,000. This prize is a companion to the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, which is awarded annually to a Canadian author for a single work of nonfiction.