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| name = Anjum Hasan<br />
| image = Anjum Hasan 20160116-DSC 5781.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 1972<br />
| birth_place = [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Books editor, [[Caravan magazine]]<br />
| website = {{url|http://www.anjumhasan.com}}<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| influences = <br />
| alma_mater = [[North-Eastern Hill University]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Anjum Hasan''' is an [[India]]n novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor. She was born in 1972 in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] where she graduated in philosophy from [[North-Eastern Hill University]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Souza|first1=Eunice de|url=https://books.google.com/?id=P4rAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT14&lpg=PT14&dq=anjum+hasan+1972#v=onepage&q=anjum%20hasan%201972&f=false|title=These My Words: The Penguin Book of Indian Poetry|date=15 October 2012|isbn=9788184757934}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anjum Hasan|url=https://www.literaturfestival.com/autoren-en/autoren-2010-en/anjum-hasan-en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407222615/https://www.literaturfestival.com/autoren-en/autoren-2010-en/anjum-hasan-en|archive-date=2021-04-07|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.literaturfestival.com}}</ref> She currently lives in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Anjum Hasan's first book was a collection of poems ''Street on the Hill'', published by Sahitya Akademi in 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080630181619/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2006/09/03/stories/2006090300070200.htm Review of Street on the Hill in The Hindu Literary Review]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/home/20070714/images/PDF/32.pdf|title=Review of Street on the Hill in Tehelka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012074306/http://archive.tehelka.com/home/20070714/images/PDF/32.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article3196011.ece|title=Up and down the hill|date=2006-07-11|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref> The book appeared in Norwegian as ''Gata på toppen av en ås as'' in 2011 from Margbok (translated by Lene E. Westerås).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://bokelskere.no/bok/gata-paa-toppen-av-en-aas/320649/ |title = Gata på toppen av en ås av Anjum Hasan}}</ref><br />
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Her debut novel ''Lunatic in my Head'' (Zubaan-Penguin, 2007) was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Vodafone+Crossword+Book+Award+Shortlist|title=Lunatic in my head on Crossword Book Award shortlist}}</ref> Set in [[Shillong]] in the early 1990s, it weaves together the stories of its three main characters, and has been described by Siddhartha Deb as 'haunting and lyrical'.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2007/12/anjum-hasan-shillong-and-lunatic-in-my.html |title = Jabberwock: Anjum Hasan, Shillong and Lunatic in my Head|date = 23 December 2007}}</ref><br />
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Her second novel titled ''Neti, Neti'' ([[Roli Books]], 2009) was longlisted for the 2008 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] and shortlisted for [[The Hindu Best Fiction Award]] in 2010. It told the story of 25-year old Sophie Das, a dreamy character from Shillong, looking for fulfilment in Bangalore. The novel was described as painting "an empathetic portrait of the unusually liberated—and unexpectedly lost—middle-class youth of the brave new India."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/sophies-voice/263248|title=Review of Neti Neti in Outlook}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main43.asp?filename=hub171009importance_of.asp|title=Review of Neti Neti in Tehelka}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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Her short-story collection, ''Difficult Pleasures'' (Penguin/Viking 2012), was shortlisted for [[The Hindu Literary Prize]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/the-hindu-literary-prize-goes-to-jerry-pinto/article4425328.ece |title=The Hindu Literary Prize goes to Jerry Pinto |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |author=Staff writer |date= February 17, 2013 |access-date=February 18, 2013|author-link=Staff writer }}</ref> and the Crossword Book Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/books/crossword-book-award-2013-shortlist-announced-651869.html|title=Difficult Pleasures on Crossword shortlist}}</ref> ''Lunatic in my Head'', ''Neti, Neti'' (as ''Big Girl Now'') and ''Difficult Pleasures'' have all appeared in Australia from Brass Monkey Books.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Lunatic_in_My_Head.html?id=6cGQbwAACAAJ|title=Lunatic in my Head from Brass Monkey Books|isbn=9780980740516|last1=Hasan|first1=Anjum|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Big_Girl_Now.html?id=yyOqcQAACAAJ|title=Big Girl Now from Brass Monkey Books|isbn=9780980740561|last1=Hasan|first1=Anjum|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.readings.com.au/review/difficult-pleasures-by-anjum-hasan|title=Review of Australian edition of Difficult Pleasures}}</ref><br />
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Her third novel ''The Cosmopolitans'' was published by Penguin Books India in 2015 and Brio Books Australia in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.briobooks.com.au/|title=Brio Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/the-cosmopolitans-book-review-nostalgia-must-die/|title=India Express Review of The Cosmopolitans|date=15 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/fmAybNBc6gOPn0LWN96h0H/Book-Review-The-Cosmopolitans-by-Anjum-Hasan.html|title=Mint Lounge Review of The Cosmopolitans|date=24 August 2015}}</ref> It was described as “that rare thing: a novel of ideas”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the-cosmopolitans-anjum-hasan/1/458344.html|title=India Today review of The Cosmopolitans}}</ref><br />
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She has also contributed poems, articles and short stories to various national and international publications.<ref>[http://www.anjumhasan.com Anjum Hasan's website]</ref> She is currently Books Editor for The Caravan.<ref>[http://www.caravanmagazine.in/ The Caravan]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{portal|Poetry}}<br />
* [[Indian literature]]<br />
* [[Indian English Literature]]<br />
* [[Literature from North East India]]<br />
* Indian literature<br />
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