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{{Short description|Indian novelist, journalist and editor (born 1967)}}
{{distinguish|Arundhati Roy}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| occupation = [[Novelist]]
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| genre = [[Novel]], [[postcolonial]]
| spouse = Rukun Advani
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'''Anuradha Roy''' (born 1967) is an Indian novelist, journalist and editor. She has written five novels: ''An Atlas of Impossible Longing'' (2008), ''The Folded Earth'' (2011), ''[[Sleeping on Jupiter]]'' (2015), ''[[All the Lives We Never Lived]]'' (2018), and ''[[The Earthspinner]]'' (2021).

==Biography==

Roy and her husband, publisher Rukun Advani, live in [[Ranikhet]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Someshwar|first=Manreet Sodhi|title=Anuradha Roy: Past forward|url=https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/interviews/anuradha-roy-past-forward|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Punch Magazine|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==

=== Writing ===
Roy's first novel, ''An Atlas of Impossible Longing'', was picked up for publication after she shared initial pages with writer and publisher [[Christopher MacLehose]], and has been translated into eighteen languages.<ref name="webbio" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.popmatters.com/146156-an-atlas-of-impossible-longing-2495970153.html |title='An Atlas of Impossible Longing' Has Archeological Roots that Stretch into the Very Hills of Songarh |first=Lara |last=Jillian |date=23 August 2011 |publisher=Pop Matters |access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref> It was named by ''[[World Literature Today]]'' as one of the "60 Essential English Language Works of Modern Indian Literature".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2010/november/60-essential-english-language-works-modern-indian-literature#.U4oFF4X2KHI |title=60 Essential English-Language Works of Modern Indian Literature |work=[[World Literature Today]] |date=2010 |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

''[[Sleeping on Jupiter]]'', her third novel, won the [[DSC Prize for South Asian Literature]] and was longlisted for the [[Man Booker Prize]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-anuradha-roy-s-sleeping-on-jupiter-makes-it-to-man-booker-long-list-2109348 |title=Anuradha Roy's Sleeping on Jupiter makes it to Man Booker long list |newspaper=DNA India |date=15 July 2015 |access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref>

Her fourth novel, ''[[All the Lives We Never Lived]]'', won the Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/harpercollins-anuradha-roy-crabtree-among-tata-literature-live-award-winners/story-eipB3JjU3eqmyYdulXXG9O.html|title=HarperCollins, Anuradha Roy, Crabtree among Tata Literature Live award winners|date=21 November 2018|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> It was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/tenth-walter-scott-prize-longlist-announced/|title=Tenth Walter Scott Prize Longlist announced -|first=Rebecca|last=Salt|date=6 March 2019|website=The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/international-dublin-literary-award-anna-burns-among-eight-women-on-shortlist-1.4344718|title=International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns among eight women on shortlist|first=Martin|last=Doyle|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=3 September 2020 }}</ref> In December 2022, it won India's most prestigious literary prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award, given by India's literary academy to a work written in any genre in English.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-anuradha-roy-among-23-winners/article66293975.ece|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards announced, Anuradha Roy among 23 winners|first=The Hindu|last=Bureau|newspaper=The Hindu |date=22 December 2022|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

''[[The Earthspinner]]'', her fifth novel, was published by [[Hachette India]] and the Mountain Leopard Press, London, in September 2021.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Porter |title=London's Welbeck Launches a New Imprint with Christopher MacLehose |journal=Publishing Perspectives |date=23 March 2021 |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/03/londons-welbeck-is-in-new-partnership-on-an-imprint-with-christopher-maclehose/ |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> The novel won the Sushila Devi Book Award 2022 for the best novel by a woman writer in India.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/features/anuradha-roys-book-the-earthspinner-wins-sushila-devi-book-award-2022-502202|title=Anuradha Roy's Book 'The Earthspinner' Wins 'Sushila Devi Book Award 2022'|date=14 December 2022|website=www.millenniumpost.in}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2022, as well as the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/1036279/tata-literature-live-announces-shortlisted-titles-in-all-categories-for-its-2022-literary-awards|title=Tata Literature Live announces shortlisted titles in all categories for its 2022 literary awards|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|date=31 October 2022 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://thepatriot.in/listicle/rabindranath-tagore-literary-prize-2021-22-32125|title=Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22|first=Ahona|last=Sengupta|date=16 December 2022}}</ref> In December 2023, the French translation of this novel, titled ''Le Cheval en Feu'', was hailed by Radio France as its literary discovery of the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/le-cheval-en-feu-d-anuradha-roy-la-grande-decouverte-litteraire-de-cette-fin-d-annee-selon-le-masque-7444164 | title="Le cheval en feu" d'Anuradha Roy : La grande découverte littéraire de cette fin d'année selon le Masque | date=11 December 2023 }}</ref>

Her essays and reviews have appeared in newspapers and magazines in India (''Indian Express''; ''Telegraph''; ''The Hindu''), the US (''Orion'' and ''Noema'') and Britain (''Guardian'', ''The Economist''), and most recently in John Freeman, ed., ''Tales of Two Planets''.<ref name="webbio">{{cite web |url=http://www.webbiography.com/biographies/anuradha-roy |title=ANURADHA ROY: BIOGRAPHY |publisher=Web Biography, promoting female writers |access-date=11 July 2018 }}</ref>

=== Publishing ===
Advani and Roy founded Permanent Black, a publishing company focusing on academic literature, in 2000, and Roy is a designer for the company.<ref name="webbio" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Permanent Black|url=http://permanent-black.blogspot.com/|access-date=25 October 2017|website=Black.blogspot.com}}</ref> Roy had previously worked with Stree, an Indian independent publisher in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Interview – Anuradha Roy {{!}} Asia Literary Review|url=https://www.asialiteraryreview.com/interview-anuradha-roy|access-date=2020-09-06|website=asialiteraryreview.com}}</ref> She was a Commissioning Editor at Oxford University Press, India, a job she quit in 2000.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Ticket for Two, Please|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ticket-for-two-please/209018|access-date=2022-07-03|magazine=Outlook |location=India}}</ref>

==Novels==
* ''An Atlas of Impossible Longing'' (2008)
* ''The Folded Earth'' (2011)
* ''[[Sleeping on Jupiter]]'' (2015)
* ''[[All the Lives We Never Lived]]'' (2018)
* ''[[The Earthspinner]]'' (2021)

==Awards and honors==
*2004 The Outlook/Picador India Non-Fiction Competition, "Cooking Women"<ref>{{cite news|title=And the prize goes to...|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?222933|access-date=5 December 2011|newspaper=Outlook|date=13 February 2004}}</ref>
*2011 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]], shortlist, ''The Folded Earth''<ref>{{cite news|title=Shortlisted work for 2011 prize|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2485103.ece|access-date=5 December 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 September 2011}}</ref>
*2011 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]], longlist, ''The Folded Earth''<ref>{{cite web|title=Man Asian Literary Awards: 5 Indians in long-list|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/man-asian-literary-awards-5-indians-in-longlist/197388-40-100.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105052351/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/man-asian-literary-awards-5-indians-in-longlist/197388-40-100.html|archive-date=5 November 2011|access-date=4 December 2011|website=Ibnlive.com|date=29 October 2011}}</ref>
*2011 [[Economist Crossword Book Award]], winner, ''The Folded Earth''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindus-aman-sethi-bags-award-for-a-free-man/article4010383.ece |title=The Hindu's Aman Sethi bags award for A Free Man |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=dhapola>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/anuradha-roy-aman-sethi-win-at-economist-crossword-awards-496130.html |title=Anuradha Roy, Aman Sethi win at Economist-Crossword awards |website=Firstpost.com |author=Shruti Dhapola |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>
*2015 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]], shortlist, ''Sleeping on Jupiter''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/the-hindu-prize-2015-shortlist/article7813562.ece |title=The Hindu Prize 2015 Shortlist |newspaper=The Hindu |date=31 October 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
*2015 [[Man Booker Prize]], longlist, ''Sleeping on Jupiter''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/news/2015/07/29/man-booker-prize-announces-2015-longlist|title=Man Booker Prize announces 2015 longlist | The Booker Prizes|website=thebookerprizes.com}}</ref>
*2016 [[DSC Prize for South Asian Literature]], winner, ''Sleeping on Jupiter''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/indian-author-anuradha-roy-wins-usd-50-000-dsc-prize-116011600788_1.html |title=Indian author Anuradha Roy wins USD 50,000 DSC Prize |work=Business Standard |date=16 January 2015 |access-date=16 January 2016|agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref>
*2018 [[JCB Prize]], shortlist, ''All the Lives We Never Lived''[https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/international-dublin-literary-award-shortlist-announced-anuradha-roys-all-the-lives-we-never-lived-6585233/ International Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced: Anuradha Roy’s ‘All the Lives We Never Lived’ makes the cut]
*2019 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]], shortlist, ''All the Lives We Never Lived''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/the-hindu-prize-2018-shortlists-announced/article25222576.ece |title=The Hindu Prize 2018 shortlists announced |newspaper=The Hindu |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref>
* 2019 [[Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2018]], winner, ''All the Lives We Never Lived''<ref>{{cite news |title=Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award – Fiction |website=Tata Literature Live |url=https://tatalitlive.in/awards/tata-literature-live-book-of-the-year-award-fiction/ |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
* 2019 [[Walter Scott Prize]] for Historical Fiction 2018, longlist, ''All the Lives We Never Lived''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/tenth-walter-scott-prize-longlist-announced/ |title=Tenth Walter Scott Prize Longlist |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
* 2020 [[International Dublin Literary Award|International Dublin Literary Award 2020]], shortlist, ''All the Lives We Never Lived''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/international-dublin-literary-award-shortlist-announced-anuradha-roys-all-the-lives-we-never-lived-6585233/ |title=International Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced: Anuradha Roy's 'All the Lives We Never Lived' makes the cut |newspaper=The Indian Express}}</ref>
* 2022 [[Sushila Devi Award for Best Novel 2022]], winner, ''The Earthspinner''<ref name="auto1"/> and Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2022, shortlisted.<ref name="auto"/>
* 2022 Sahitya Akademi Award, All the Lives We Never Lived<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2022 |title=Sahitya Akademi Award 2022 |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/sahityaakademiawards-2022.pdf |access-date=22 December 2022 |website=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref>

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