As Meghan Downes reports in The Jakarta Post, Literary award gives nod to historically themed work, as they've announced the Khatulistiwa Awards in Indonesia.
Hard for me to judge how significant this prize is, but it's been around since 2001 -- and when they started it The Jakarta Post suggested:
Hard for me to judge how significant this prize is, but it's been around since 2001 -- and when they started it The Jakarta Post suggested:
The Commonwealth countries have the Booker Prize and now Indonesia has the Khatulistiwa Literary Award.There is also a Khatulistiwa Award weblog with (Indonesian) information; it certainly looks like it's established itself as the leading national literary prize.