Abha Dawesar
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Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974[1]) is an Indian-born novelist writing in English. Her novels include Babyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, and Miniplanner.[2] Her 2005 novel Babyji won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award.
Abha Dawesar | |
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| Born | Abha Dawesar 1 January 1974 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Notable works | Babyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, Miniplanner |
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Biography
Abha Dawesar was born in New Delhi.[3] She moved to the United States to attend Harvard University, where she graduated in 1995.[3]
Before publishing her award-winning second novel, Babyji (2005), Dawesar was working at a global financial services firm in Manhattan. She quit her job to devote her time to writing.[4]
Dawesar has been exhibiting photography, visual, and video art since she was a student at Harvard. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad.[5]
In 2010, she wrote part of the screenplay for the film Love and the Cities, directed by Rodrigo Bernardo.[6]
Since 2013, Dawesar has been speaking on issues around digital technology and its effects on social behavior and experience.[7]
Awards
- Fiction Fellow, New York Foundation for the Arts (2000)[8][3]
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, for Babyji (2005)[9]
- Stonewall Book Award, American Library Association, for Babyji (2006)[10]
Bibliography
Novels
- Miniplanner (2000) (published in India by Penguin Books under the title The Three of Us)
- Babyji (2005) (winner of the Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award, 2006)[9]
- That Summer in Paris (2006)[11][12]
- Family Values (2011)
- Sensorium (2012)
- Madison Square Park (2016)
Short stories
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- The Good King in Menon, Anil; Singh, Vandana (2014). Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana. Zubaan Books. p. 47. ISBN 9789383074174.
Personal life
She lives in New York City.[1][3]
References
External links
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