Jahnavi Barua
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Jahnavi Barua | |
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Jahnavi Baruais an Indian author fromAssam.She is the author of 'Next Door', a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background.[1][2]Barua lives inBangalore,and obtained her MBBS at Gauhati Medical College but does not practice medicine.[3][4]She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom.[where?][5]
ARebirthis not so much about parenting as it is about the unique bond between mother and child. The particular period when the mother carries the unborn child is expressed beautifully in her literary work.[6]
Undertow is a novel about migration, exile and loneliness, all themes we will be struggling with in a post-pandemic world.[7]
Bibliography[edit]
- Next Door(Penguin India, 2008)ISBN978-0143064527
- Rebirth(Penguin India, 2010)ISBN978-0143414551
- Undertow(Penguin India, 2020)ISBN978-0670093731
Nominations and awards[edit]
- 2021 AutHer Awards for her work, Undertow (2020)[8]
- 2020JCB Prize for Literaturelonglist[9]
- 2012Commonwealth Book Prizeshortlist[10]
- 2011Man Asian Literary Prize,shortlist,Rebirth[11]
- 2009Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award,longlist.[citation needed]
- 2006 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers (Second prize, Children's fiction category).[citation needed]
- 2005 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers[citation needed]
- Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Writing a New Story,telegraphindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
- ^Into a Closed Terrain,Hindu.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
- ^Mary Mathew, Annie Chandy Mathew.Winners: a collection of prize-winning poems and stories (vol 2),books.google.co.in; accessed 6 April 2015.
- ^Freshly PressedArchived1 October 2012 at theWayback Machine,expressindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
- ^"Jahnavi Barua - the girl Next Door".Abhijit Bhaduri.Retrieved29 September2021.
- ^Staff (24 April 2008)."RS pays homage to former member Sarojini Babar".www.oneindia.com.Retrieved29 September2021.
- ^Rao, Kavitha (21 April 2020)."An Assamese writer confronts migration and exile".mint.Retrieved29 September2021.
- ^"Bengaluru-based Assamese writer Jahnavi Barua gets AutHer Awards-2021".Northeast Now.21 March 2021.Retrieved17 March2024.
- ^"The 2020 Longlist".www.thejcbprize.org.
- ^"Writers from NE suffering from lack of attention, says Jahnavi Barua".English.Mathrubhumi.4 February 2023.
- ^"Man Asian literary prize shortlist 2011 – in pictures".The Guardian.Retrieved17 March2024.
- ^"Jahnavi Barua — Charles Wallace India Trust".www.charleswallaceindiatrust.com.Retrieved17 March2024.
External links[edit]
- Profile,tribuneindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
- Jahnavi BaruaatPenguin India
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