Perumal Murugan’s Pyre in Booker longlist Subject :International Relations Section: International Prizes Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has been selected for the International Booker prize longlist for 2023, the Booker Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday. Murugan makes it to the prestigious list with his 2016 book Pyre, translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan