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'''Indrapramit Das''' (also known as Indra Das) is an Indian science fiction, fantasy and cross-genre writer, critic and editor from [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mithilareview.com/das_04_16/|title=<br />
Indra Das: 'The artist’s job is to provide the seed for an infinite tree of branching meanings, all flowering inside the hive mind of a collective human audience.' | first=Indrapramit | last=Das | work=Mithila Review | issue=9 | accessdate=10 June 2018 }}</ref> His fiction has appeared in several publications including ''[[Clarkesworld Magazine|Clarkesworld]]'', ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction|Asimov’s Science Fiction]]'', ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', and [[TOR.com|Tor.com]], and has been widely anthologized in collections including [[Gardner Dozois]]' ''The Year's Best Science Fiction.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://us.macmillan.com/theyearsbestsciencefictionthirtiethannualcollection/gardnerdozois|title=Year's Best Science Fiction - Thirtieth Annual Collection|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/Archive.alt.pl?Dept=all&Stng=Indrapramit+Das&Sort=chron&Catx= |title=Strange Horizons - Archives |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153755/http://www.strangehorizons.com/Archive.alt.pl?Dept=all&Stng=Indrapramit+Das&Sort=chron&Catx= |archivedate=2016-03-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2015/04/28/short-fiction-spotlight-asimovs-science-fiction-june-2015/|title=Tor.com - Asimov’s Science Fiction #473|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/?s=indra+das&x=0&y=0|title=Clarkesworld - Indra Das|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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His [[debut novel]] ''[[The Devourers]]'' ([[Penguin Books India]], 2015; [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]], 2016) won the 29th Annual [[Lambda Literary Award|Lambda Award]] in [[LGBT]] [[Speculative fiction|SF/F/Horror]] category.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2017/06/29th-annual-lambda-awards-winners/|title=29th Annual Lambda Awards Winners|work=Locus Magazine|access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> The Lambda Award celebrates excellence in LGBT literature. ''The Devourers'' was shortlisted for 2016 [[Crawford Award]], and included in the 2015 Locus Recommended Reading List.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/02/2015-locus-recommended-reading-list/|title=2015 Locus Recommended Reading List|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/02/2016-crawford-award/|title=2016 Crawford Award|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> It was also nominated for the [[Shakti Bhatt Prize|Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize]] and the Tata Live! Literature First Book Award in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forshakti.blogspot.in/2015/11/rohini-mohan-wins-shakti-bhatt-prize.html|title=Rohini Mohan wins Shakti Bhatt prize|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tatalitlive.in/exhibitors/first-book-award-fiction/|title=FIRST BOOK AWARD – FICTION|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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Das is an [[Octavia E. Butler]] Scholar and a graduate of the 2012 [[Clarion West Writers Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17254552-bloodchildren|title=Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> He completed an [[MFA Program for Poets & Writers|MFA]] in [[Creative writing|Creative Writing]] at the [[University of British Columbia]] in [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/das-indrapramit|title=UBC - DAS, INDRAPRAMIT|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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He is a former [[consulting editor]] of [[speculative fiction]] for Indian publisher Juggernaut Books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://community.juggernaut.in/how-to-build-a-new-world/|title=Building New Worlds|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gqindia.com/magazine/|title=Brave New World {{!}} The Meteoric Rise of Indian Sc-Fi|last=Haldule|first=Tej|date=September 2017|work=GQ India}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{official|url=http://indradas.com}}<br />
* Writing Global Sci-Fi: White Bread, Brown Toast by Indrapramit Das - [http://www.tor.com/2016/02/19/writing-global-sci-fi-white-bread-brown-toast/ Tor.com]<br />
* Interview at [http://mithilareview.com/das_04_16/ Mithila Review]<br />
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