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.
She lives in Bangalore
, and is a doctor.
She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom.
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
. She is the author of Next Door, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background.
She lives in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, and is a doctor.
She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom.
Awards
- 2011 Man Asian Literary PrizeMan Asian Literary PrizeThe Man Asian Literary Prize, founded in 2007, is an annual literary award given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendar year...
, longlist, Rebirth - 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardFrank O'Connor International Short Story AwardThe Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award is a literary award for short story collections. At 35,000 euro for the best book of short stories it claims to be the world's largest prize for a short story collection. Each year, roughly sixty books are longlisted, with either four or six books...
, longlist. - 2006 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers (Second prize, Children's fiction category).
- 2005 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers
- Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing