Abha Dawesar
Abha Dawesar | |
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| Born | Abha Dawesar 1 January 1974 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Notable works | Babyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, Miniplanner |
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Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974[1]) is an Indian-born novelist writing in English. Her novels include Babyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, and Miniplanner.[2] Her 2005 novel Babyji won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award.
Biography[edit]
Abha Dawesar was born in New Delhi.[3] She moved to the United States to attend Harvard University, where she graduated in 1995.[3]
Before publishing her award-winning second novel, Babyji (2005), Dawesar was working at a global financial services firm in Manhattan. She quit her job to devote her time to writing.[4]
Dawesar has been exhibiting photography, visual, and video art since she was a student at Harvard. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad.[5]
In 2010, she wrote part of the screenplay for the film Love and the Cities, directed by Rodrigo Bernardo.[6]
Since 2013, Dawesar has been speaking on issues around digital technology and its effects on social behavior and experience.[7]
Awards[edit]
- Fiction Fellow, New York Foundation for the Arts (2000)[8][3]
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, for Babyji (2005)[9]
- Stonewall Book Award, American Library Association, for Babyji (2006)[10]
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Miniplanner (2000) (published in India by Penguin Books under the title The Three of Us)
- Babyji (2005) (winner of the Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award, 2006)[9]
- That Summer in Paris (2006)[11][12]
- Family Values (2011)
- Sensorium (2012)
- Madison Square Park (2016)
Short stories[edit]
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- The Good King in Menon, Anil; Singh, Vandana (2014). Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana. Zubaan Books. p. 47. ISBN 9789383074174.
Personal life[edit]
She lives in New York City.[1][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Oh, Seiwoong (2009). Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature. Infobase Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9781438120881.
- ^ Rajan, Anjana (12 January 2011). "A cook in her books". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Abha Dawesar". Contemporary Authors Online. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Kamesawaran, Shilpa (Summer 2011). "Interview: Abha Dawesar" (PDF). Urban Confustions Journal (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Abha Dawesar". abhadawesar.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Nath, Dipanita (20 January 2011). "Love Bard". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?". NPR.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ New York Foundation for the Arts Directory of Art Fellows, 1985-2013 (PDF). New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts. 2013.
- ^ a b "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2006. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Reese, Jennifer (21 June 2006). "That Summer in Paris Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "That Summer in Paris". Publishers Weekly. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- Official website Not Found
- An interview with Abha Dawesar
- Abha Dawesar at TED
| International | |
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1974 births
- American novelists of Indian descent
- American women novelists
- American women writers of Indian descent
- Harvard University alumni
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction winners
- Stonewall Book Award winners
- Living people
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian writers
- 21st-century Indian novelists
- Novelists from Delhi
- Writers from New Delhi
- Women writers from Delhi
- 21st-century American women