Allan Sealy
Irwin Allan Sealy | |
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 Irwin Allan Sealy is awarded thePadma Shri | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh,India |
| Pen name | Allan Sealy |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1990- |
Irwin Allan Sealy(born 1951) is an Indian writer. His novelThe Everest Hotel: A Calendarwas shortlisted for the 1998Booker prize.[1]
Biography[edit]
Allan was born inAllahabadand he went toLa Martiniere Schoolin Lucknow and then on toSt. Stephen's College, Delhi University.[2]He has worked in Canada, the USA, New Zealand and Australia.[citation needed]
His first novelThe Trotter Namawas published in 1988 and tells the story of seven generations of an Anglo-Indian family.[3]
He now lives inDehradun,Uttarakhand.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize,Best First Book, Europe and South Asia, in 1989
- Sahitya Akademi Awardin 1991[4]
- Crossword Book Awardin 1998
- Padma Shriin 2012[5]
List of works[edit]
- The Trotter-Nama: A Chronicle,(New York: Knopf, 1988; London: Penguin Books, 1990; New York: Viking Penguin, 1990)ISBN0-14-010210-8.
- Hero: A Fable,(London: Secker and Warburg, 1991, 288pp)ISBN0-436-44478-X.
- From Yukon to Yukatan: a Western Journey,(London: Secker & Warburg, 1994., 323pp)ISBN0-436-44479-8.
- The Everest Hotel: A Calendar,(London: Doubleday, 1998, 331pp)ISBN0-385-41033-6.
- The Brainfever Bird,(London: Picador, 2003, 320pp)ISBN0-330-41143-8.
- Red: An Alphabet(London: Picador, 2006, 343pp)ISBN0-330-41147-0.
- The Small Wild Goose Pagoda: An Almanack(New Delhi: Aleph, 2014, 300pp)ISBN978-9383064489.
- Zelaldinus: A Masque(New Delhi: Aleph/Almost Island, 2017, 168pp)ISBN978-9386021076.
- Asoca: A Sutra(New Delhi: Penguin Random House, 2021, 392pp)ISBN978-9354920639.
References[edit]
- ^Puppets on a StringMithu Banerji in the Observer 23 March 2003 Guardian Unlimitedaccessed June 2007
- ^St. Stephen's College, Delhi (1 August 2000)."Distinguished Alumni".St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2007.Retrieved24 June2007.
- ^"I. Allan Sealy -- English Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)".loc.gov.Retrieved20 July2020.
- ^Award for writing in English in 1991Archived13 July 2007 at theWayback Machineaccessed July 2007
- ^"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 October 2015.Retrieved21 July2015.
External links[edit]
- Allan Sealyat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- I Allan Sealyat The South Asian Literary Recordings Project, Library of Congress; New Delhi Office, India
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