Brannavan Gnanalingam
Brannavan Gnanalingam | |
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| Born | 1983 Sri Lanka |
| Citizenship | New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Lawyer |
Brannavan Gnanalingam (born 1983, Sri Lanka)[1] is a New Zealand author and practicing lawyer with the New Zealand firm Buddle Findlay at its Wellington office.[2]
Biography
Gnanalingam was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Lower Hutt. His debut novel Getting Under Sail was published by Lawrence and Gibson in 2011.[3][4] The novel was based on a trip Gnanalingam undertook with two friends from Morocco to Ghana, which included being mistakenly detained for the French tourist killings in Mauritania.[5] The book was praised for "the narrator’s wry honesty, miles away from the usual Africa travelogue clichés".[6] In 2013 his second novel You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here was published and received positive reviews in New Zealand.[7][8] The book follows a trip by a middle-aged woman to Paris, who instead of finding it the city of love, experiences it as a cold and disorienting place. The book was based on Gnanalingam's time spent in Paris between 2012 and 2013[9][10] His third novel, Credit in the Straight World (2015), "a satirical account of the global financial crisis," was reviewed in Landfall,[11] a New Zealand literary journal established in 1947, which The Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English describes as: "the single most important journal in New Zealand literary history."[12]
His fourth novel, A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse (2016), was long-listed for the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year.[13] His fifth novel published in 2017, Sodden Downstream, was short-listed for the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards novel of the year with The Spinoff books editor Steve Braunias noting that his inclusion was "a particularly good call."[14] In a review of the book The Pantograph Punch said, "His rendition of Kiwi idiom is some of the best you’ll read." [15] Gnanlingam confessed to The Dominion Post, talking about Sodden Downstream, "...[T]here are so few Sri Lankan characters in New Zealand literature. I wanted to reflect that....It's...based on the fact that the Sri Lankan Civil War was something that my family and I went through, so I can write from personal experience."[16]
From 2006-2016, Gnanalingam contributed to the online publication The Lumière Reader,[17][18] which is now on hiatus.[19] He covered film festivals such as Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, and Cannes when writing for this publication.[9] He has also written for The Spinoff,[1] The New Zealand Listener, and The Dominion Post.[20]
Select Publications
- Sodden Downstream (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2017). ISBN 9780473410292
- A Briefcase, Two Pies and a Penthouse (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2016). ISBN 9780473356347
- Credit in the Straight World (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2015). ISBN 9780473319106
- You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2013). ISBN 9780473257187
- Getting Under Sail (Wellington: Lawrence & Gibson, 2011). ISBN 9780473184674
References
- ^ a b "Brannavan Gnanalingam". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ "BUDDLEFINDLAY - Brannavan Gnanalingam". www.buddlefindlay.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ Burgess, Malcolm (2011) 'Small and Cheekily Formed' Dominion Post, May 11 available online at <http://www.lawrenceandgibson.co.nz/2011/05/dominion-post-review-of-lawrence-and.html>.
- ^ Dalgleish, Jodie (2011) 'Generation Xperimental' 1 Review Online October http://www.landfallreview.com/2011/10/generation-xperimental.html?q=Lawrence+and+Gibson
- ^ Gnanalingam, Brannavan (2011) 'Mali and Me' NZ Listener http://www.listener.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/mali-and-me/
- ^ Finnermore, Sam (2011) 'Privatising Parts by Richard Meros and Getting Under Sail by Brannavan Gnanalingam review' [Listener] http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/privatising-parts-by-richard-meros-and-getting-under-sail-by-brannavan-gnanalingam-review/
- ^ Dennerstein, Natasha (2014) 'Book review: You Should Have Come Here When You Were Not Here, by Brannavan Gnanalingam' NZ Listener 30 January. http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/book-review-you-should-have-come-here-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/
- ^ Treloar, Abbie (2013) Review BooksellersNZ https://booksellersnz.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/book-review-you-should-have-come-when-you-were-not-here-by-brannavan-gnanalingam/
- ^ a b "Conversations: Novel Beginnings | The Lumière Reader". Lumiere.net.nz. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Author Brannavan Gnanalingam". 25 October 2013.
- ^ Heritage, Elizabeth (May 2016). "Money [Book Review]". Landfall. 231: 188–190 – via informit.com.au.
- ^ Caffin, Elizabeth (2005). Benson (ed.). Brasch, Charles Orwell (Second ed.). Abingdon, Oxon, UK/New York, NY, USA: Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 978-0415278850.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ 'Ockham 2017 Book Awards long-list revealed' Stuff http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/86710998/2017-ockham-nz-book-awards-longlist-revealed
- ^ Braunias, Steve (2018) 'Diana, Brannavan, and the others: announcing the 2018 Ockham national book awards shortlist' https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-03-2018/diana-brannavan-and-the-others-announcing-the-2018-ockham-national-book-awards-shortlist/
- ^ Lloyd, Therese (2017) 'Kindness of Strangers: A review of Sodden Downstream' http://pantograph-punch.com/post/sodden-downstream
- ^ The New Dominion Post (November 4, 2017). "Minority Report". pressreader. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam | Authors | The Lumière Reader". Lumiere.net.nz. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ "The Lumière Reader". The Lumière Reader. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Brannavan Gnanalingam | WORD Christchurch". wordchristchurch.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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