Jahnavi Barua | |
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Jahnavi Barua is an Indian author from Assam. 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 in Bangalore, 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]
A Rebirth is 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
- Next Door (Penguin India, 2008) ISBN 978-0143064527
- Rebirth (Penguin India, 2010) ISBN 978-0143414551
- Undertow (Penguin India, 2020) ISBN 978-0670093731
Nominations and awards
- 2021 AutHer Awards for her work, Undertow (2020)[8]
- 2020 JCB Prize for Literature longlist[9]
- 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize shortlist[10]
- 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, shortlist, Rebirth[11]
- 2009 Frank 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
References
- ^ 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 Pressed Archived 1 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, expressindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Jahnavi Barua - the girl Next Door". Abhijit Bhaduri. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Staff (24 April 2008). "RS pays homage to former member Sarojini Babar". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Rao, Kavitha (21 April 2020). "An Assamese writer confronts migration and exile". mint. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Bengaluru-based Assamese writer Jahnavi Barua gets AutHer Awards-2021". Northeast Now. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Jahnavi Barua — Charles Wallace India Trust". www.charleswallaceindiatrust.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
External links
- Profile, tribuneindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
- Jahnavi Barua at Penguin India
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