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'''Jahnavi Barua''' is an Indian author from [[Assam]]. She is the author of ''Next Door'', a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080706/jsp/graphiti/story_9504451.jsp Writing a New Story], telegraphindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105143049/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/02/21/stories/2009022150180200.htm Into a Closed Terrain], Hindu.com; accessed 6 April 2015.</ref> Barua lives in [[Bangalore]], and obtained her MBBS at Gauhati Medical College but does not practice medicine.<ref>Mary Mathew, Annie Chandy Mathew.[https://books.google.com/books?id=pOYJzN3UM1MC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Jahnavi+Barua,+doctor&source=bl&ots=AMUY1VBTOG&sig=yFvTMW0dI8N7DaAje2YSpLkpjCs&hl=en&ei=zKsTS6GPDYWQkQXh8qSjBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Jahnavi%20Barua%2C%20doctor&f=false Winners: a collection of prize-winning poems and stories (vol 2)], books.google.co.in; accessed 6 April 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/freshly-pressed/275424/ Freshly Pressed], expressindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.</ref> She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom.{{Where|date=April 2015}}{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Next Door'' (Penguin India, 2008)<br />
* ''Rebirth'' (Penguin India, 2010)<br />
*''Undertow'' (Penguin India, 2020)<br />
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==Nominations and awards==<br />
* 2020 [[JCB Prize for Literature]] longlist<br />
*2012 [[Commonwealth Book Prize]] ''shortlist''{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
*2011 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]], ''shortlist'', ''Rebirth''{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
* 2009 [[Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award]], ''longlist''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
* 2006 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers (Second prize, Children's fiction category).{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
* 2005 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
* Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Literature from North East India]]<br />
* [[Indian English Literature]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090111/spectrum/book4.htm Profile], tribuneindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://penguin.co.in/book_author/jahnavi-barua/ Jahnavi Barua] at [[Penguin India]]<br />
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