Abha Dawesar

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
Born	Abha Dawesar (1974-01-01) 1 January 1974 (age 50) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Indian
Period	2000–present
Notable works	Babyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, Miniplanner
Website
www.abhadawesar.com

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

• 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

1. Oh, Seiwoong (2009). Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature. Infobase Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9781438120881.
2. Rajan, Anjana (12 January 2011). "A cook in her books". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
3. "Abha Dawesar". Contemporary Authors Online. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
4. Kamesawaran, Shilpa (Summer 2011). "Interview: Abha Dawesar" (PDF). Urban Confustions Journal (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
5. "Abha Dawesar". abhadawesar.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
6. Nath, Dipanita (20 January 2011). "Love Bard". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
7. "Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?". NPR.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
8. New York Foundation for the Arts Directory of Art Fellows, 1985-2013 (PDF). New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts. 2013.
9. "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2006. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
10. "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
11. Reese, Jennifer (21 June 2006). "That Summer in Paris Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
12. "That Summer in Paris". Publishers Weekly. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

External links

• Official website Not Found
• An interview with Abha Dawesar
• Abha Dawesar at TED
  • Abha Dawesar: Life in the "digital now" (TEDGlobal 2013)