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Born | 1972 Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | North-Eastern Hill University |
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Anjum Hasan is an Indian novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor. She graduated in philosophy from North-Eastern Hill University in Shillong, Meghalaya. She currently lives in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Anjum Hasan's first book was a collection of poems Street on the Hill, published by Sahitya Akademi in 2006. [1] [2] [3]
Her debut novel Lunatic in my Head (Zubaan-Penguin, 2007) was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award 2007. [4] Set in Shillong in the early 1990s, it weaves together the stories of its three main characters, and has been described by Siddhartha Deb as 'haunting and lyrical'. [5]
Her second novel titled Neti, Neti ( Roli Books, 2009) was longlisted for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize and shortlisted for The Hindu Best Fiction Award in 2010. It told the story of 25-year old Sophie Das, a dreamy character from Shillong, looking for fulfilment in Bangalore. The novel was described as painting "an empathetic portrait of the unusually liberated—and unexpectedly lost—middle-class youth of the brave new India." [6] [7]
Her short-story collection, Difficult Pleasures (Penguin/Viking 2012), was shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize [8] and the Crossword Book Award. [9] Lunatic in my Head, Neti, Neti (as Big Girl Now) and Difficult Pleasures have all appeared in Australia from Brass Monkey Books. [10] [11] [12]
Her third novel The Cosmopolitans was published by Penguin Books India in 2015 and Brio Books Australia in 2016. [13] [14] [15] It was described as “that rare thing: a novel of ideas” [16]
In 2018 she published the short story collection A Day in the Life. [17] It won the Valley of Words award 2019. [18]
In 2022, Hasan's latest novel, History's Angel, was acquired by Bloomsbury India for publication. [19]
Anjum Hasan | |
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Born | 1972 Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | North-Eastern Hill University |
Website | |
www |
Anjum Hasan is an Indian novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor. She graduated in philosophy from North-Eastern Hill University in Shillong, Meghalaya. She currently lives in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Anjum Hasan's first book was a collection of poems Street on the Hill, published by Sahitya Akademi in 2006. [1] [2] [3]
Her debut novel Lunatic in my Head (Zubaan-Penguin, 2007) was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award 2007. [4] Set in Shillong in the early 1990s, it weaves together the stories of its three main characters, and has been described by Siddhartha Deb as 'haunting and lyrical'. [5]
Her second novel titled Neti, Neti ( Roli Books, 2009) was longlisted for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize and shortlisted for The Hindu Best Fiction Award in 2010. It told the story of 25-year old Sophie Das, a dreamy character from Shillong, looking for fulfilment in Bangalore. The novel was described as painting "an empathetic portrait of the unusually liberated—and unexpectedly lost—middle-class youth of the brave new India." [6] [7]
Her short-story collection, Difficult Pleasures (Penguin/Viking 2012), was shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize [8] and the Crossword Book Award. [9] Lunatic in my Head, Neti, Neti (as Big Girl Now) and Difficult Pleasures have all appeared in Australia from Brass Monkey Books. [10] [11] [12]
Her third novel The Cosmopolitans was published by Penguin Books India in 2015 and Brio Books Australia in 2016. [13] [14] [15] It was described as “that rare thing: a novel of ideas” [16]
In 2018 she published the short story collection A Day in the Life. [17] It won the Valley of Words award 2019. [18]
In 2022, Hasan's latest novel, History's Angel, was acquired by Bloomsbury India for publication. [19]