Parul Sehgal
Parul Sehgal is a literary critic whose articles have been published in numerous literary magazines and newspapers. She is a book critic at the The New York Times Book Review and The New York Times.
Parul Sehgal was born to Indian parents and she grew up in India, Hungary, the Philippines and Northern Virginia.[1] She studied political science at McGill University.[1] After graduation she returned to Delhi to work at an NGO.[1] She then returned to the US where she earned an MFA from Columbia University, after which she obtained an editing position at Publishers Weekly.[1] She has also authored literary critiques in Bookforum, Slate, Tin House, NPR.org, the Literary Review, O Magazine, The Plain Dealer, The Irish Times, and Time Out New York.
For her work, Sehgal received the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.[2] She won the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum’s OneWorld Prize.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Scott McLemee (January 26, 2011). "Scott McLemee Interviews Balakian Recipient Parul Sehgal". Critical Mass. National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "For Immediate Release: The National Book Critics Circle Finalists for 2010 Awards", by Barbara Hoffert | Jan-22-2011
- ^ Parul Sehgal, About page
External links
- Parul Sehgal, official website.
- Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy, TED talk.