chennai the jcb prize for literature has announced the jury for this years prize the panel will be chaired by bharatanatyam dancer author and former sangeet natak akademi chairwoman leela samson the rest of the panel includes writer aruni kashyap cultural theorist tejaswini niranjana playwright ramu ramanathan and the head of the arts culture portfolio at tata trusts deepika sorabjeewe hope the prize will encourage readers to look at indias vast literary culture in translation in indian languages and in english with renewed excitement says leela samsonthe jury will announce the longlist of ten titles on september 1 followed by the shortlist of five titles on september 25 the winner of the rs 25 lakh prize will be announced at the awards ceremony in novemberif the winning work is a translation the translator will be awarded an additional rs 10 lakh each of the five shortlisted authors will receive rs 1 lakh if a shortlisted work is a translation the translator will receive rs 50000