Jerry Pinto: - One of India's finest and most celebrated writers, 'Jerry Pinto' is also an acclaimed translator. He has translated from the Marathi Daya Pawar's autobiography, 'Baluta'; the memoirs 'I Want to Destroy Myself' ('Mala Udhvasta Vhachay') by Malika Amar Shaikh, and 'I, the Salt Doll' ('Mee Mithaachi Baahuli') by Vandana Mishra; and the novels Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar and 'Half-Open Windows' ('Khidkya Ardhya Ughadya') by Ganesh Matkari. Jerry Pinto is the recipient of, among other honours, the Sahitya Akademi Award and Yale University's Windham-Campbell Prize.