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* ''My Home is Our Castle'', Essay by Priya Basil, Heat 22, Giramondo Publishing, Sydney, Spring 2010 <ref>[http://giramondopublishing.com/heat/ Heat 22, Spring 2010, Sydney]</ref>
* ''My Home is Our Castle'', Essay by Priya Basil, Heat 22, Giramondo Publishing, Sydney, Spring 2010 <ref>[http://giramondopublishing.com/heat/ Heat 22, Spring 2010, Sydney]</ref>
* ''The Asian Writer-Interview'' on ''The Obscure Logic of the Heart'', July 2010”<ref>[http://www.theasianwriter.co.uk/2010/07/the-obscure-logic-of-the-heart/] The Asian Writer, July 2010</ref>
* ''The Asian Writer-Interview'' on ''The Obscure Logic of the Heart'', July 2010”<ref>[http://www.theasianwriter.co.uk/2010/07/the-obscure-logic-of-the-heart/] The Asian Writer, July 2010</ref>
* ''Love will tear us apart'', Essay by Priya Basil, Random House India, July 2010<ref>[http://randomhouseindia.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/priya-basil-love-will-tear-us-apart/] Random House India, July 2010</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 09:35, 1 August 2010

Priya Basil (born 1977 in London, England) is a British author.

Her first novel, Ishq and Mushq, was published in 2007 [1]. It came second in the World Book Day "Book to Talk About 2008" [2] competition. The novel was also short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize [3], and long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize [4] and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award [5]. Ishq and Mushq was translated into Dutch [6], Portuguese [7], Russian [8], and Serbian [9]. Ishq and Mushq is currently translated into Italian [10].

Her second novel, The Obscure Logic of the Heart [11], was published in June 2010. The Obscure Logic of the Heart is currently translated into Italian [12].

Personal life

Priya grew up in Kenya, returning to the UK to study English Literature at the University of Bristol. She had a career in advertising before becoming a full time writer. She lives in London and Berlin.

Bibliography

  • Ishq and Mushq (Hardback ISBN 0385611420, Paperback ISBN 0552773840)
  • The Obscure Logic of the Heart (Trade Paperback ISBN 0385611455)

Videos

  • Priya Basil On Reading and Writing [13]
  • Priya Basil "Heart - Bite"-Quotes The Obscure Logic of the Heart [14]

Reviews

  • Brinda Bose on Ishq and Mushq, India Today (26.3.2007) "Spice Route to Soul" [15]
  • Eve Lucas on The Obscure Logic of the Heart, ExBerliner (June 2010): "Basil's maturity as a writer is newly reflected in characters whose emotional, ideological and political lives are closely intertwined-redolent of the complex personalities created by writers such as C.P Snow and Evelyn Waugh... Basil spans a large canvas of well observed and entirely credible third world nepotism against which Lina's work for a better world appears as a cry in the desert. Woven into the bigger picture are many small, luminous threads of conversational snippets, situational snapshots, the humdrum of life lovingly seen and recorded. The micro- and the macrocosm are bound together by all that happens in between and above all, in-between people. The book flows at all levels, but here, for me, is Basil's true strength: her interest in people, her sympathy with them, and the way she brings this to bear on her narratives." [16]
  • Farhana Shaikh on The Obscure Logic of the Heart, The Asian Writer (July 2010): “A brilliant second book and one that makes a stand to address the complex battle and struggle for identity and independence faced by the modern Asian woman.”[17]


Articles

  • Shanghai City Weekend Editor "emilyc"'s Live-Blog on Ishq and Mushq [18]
  • Priya Basil on Pushing the Limit, Chronicles, Crossing Border Festival, The Hague (November 2007) [19]
  • Spotlight Interview, Spotlight Magazine (June 2008) [20]
  • Found in Translation, Essay by Priya Basil, Asia Literary Review, Spring 2008 [21]
  • My Home is Our Castle, Essay by Priya Basil, Heat 22, Giramondo Publishing, Sydney, Spring 2010 [22]
  • The Asian Writer-Interview on The Obscure Logic of the Heart, July 2010”[23]
  • Love will tear us apart, Essay by Priya Basil, Random House India, July 2010[24]

Notes

  1. ^ [1] Transworld (Publisher)
  2. ^ [2] Book to Talk About 2008
  3. ^ [3] Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2008
  4. ^ [4] Dylan Thomas Award 2008
  5. ^ [5] IMPAC Award 2009
  6. ^ [6] Arena (Publisher)
  7. ^ [7] Nova Fronteira (Publisher)
  8. ^ [8] ACT (Publisher)
  9. ^ [9] Books & Marso (Publisher)
  10. ^ [10] Edizioni Piemme (Publisher)
  11. ^ [11] Transworld (Publisher)
  12. ^ [12] Edizioni Piemme (Publisher)
  13. ^ [13] PriyaBasilChannel, YouTube, 21.2.2010
  14. ^ [14] PriyaBasilChannel, YouTube, 10.5.2010 etc.
  15. ^ [15] India Today, 26.3.2007
  16. ^ [16] ExBerliner, June 2010
  17. ^ [17] The Asian Writer, July 2010
  18. ^ [18] Shanghai City Magazine, 8.3.2008
  19. ^ [19] Crossing Border Festival, November 2007
  20. ^ [20] Spotlight Magazine, June 2008
  21. ^ [21] [22] ALR, Spring 2008, No. 7, Page 171-178, Hong Kong
  22. ^ Heat 22, Spring 2010, Sydney
  23. ^ [23] The Asian Writer, July 2010
  24. ^ [24] Random House India, July 2010

References

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