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| name = Jerry Pinto<br />
| image = File:Jerry Pinto at Amaravati Literature Festival 2025 (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Pinto at Amaravati Literature Festival, 2025<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India<br />
| other_names = <br />
| known_for = ''[[Em and the Big Hoom]]'' (2012)<br />
| works = <br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Poet|novelist|writer|translator|journalist}}<br />
| awards = {{ubl|<br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] (2007) <br />
* [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] (2012)<br />
* [[Crossword Book Award]] (2013)<br />
* [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes]] (2016)<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi]] (2016)}}<br />
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'''Jerry Pinto''' (born 1966) is an Indian poet, novelist, [[short story]] writer, translator, and journalist based in [[Mumbai]], India. He writes in English language. Pinto's works include ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]'' (2006), which won the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema Award]] at the 54th [[National Film Awards]], ''Surviving Women'' (2000) and ''Asylum and Other Poems'' (2003). His first novel ''[[Em and the Big Hoom]]'' was published in 2012.<ref>[http://alephbookcompany.com/em-and-the-big-hoom.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702050902/http://alephbookcompany.com/em-and-the-big-hoom.html|date=2 July 2012}} Em and The Big Hoom|Aleph Book Company website</ref> Pinto won the [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes|Windham-Campbell prize]] in 2016 for his fiction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://windhamcampbell.org/winners |title=Windham-Campbell prize: Winners |access-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105181704/http://windhamcampbell.org/winners |archive-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2016 for his novel ''Em and the Big Hoom''.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Jerry Pinto was born in [[Goa]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Pinto |url=https://windhamcampbell.org/festival/2016/recipients/pinto-jerry#:~:text=Born%20in%201966%20in%20Goa,of%20familial%20and%20political%20life. |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Windham Campbell Prizes |language=en}}</ref> He is a Roman Catholic and of Goan origin. He grew up in [[Mahim]], [[Bombay]].<ref>[http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=19921&n_tit=%27You+Cannot+Think+of+Another+Helen...%27+-+Writer+Jerry+Pinto Rediff Interview / Jerry Pinto] 29 March 2006.</ref> Pinto received a liberal arts degree from [[Elphinstone College]], [[University of Mumbai]], and a law degree from Government Law College, [[Mumbai]].{{cn|date=February 2025}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Pinto' 2006 book about the Indian actress [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] titled ''The Life and Times of an H-Bomb'',<ref name=des>{{Cite web |url=http://www.despardes.com/in/ent/2006/28-helen-item-girl.html |title='Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb' |access-date=27 January 2010 |archive-date=23 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223225442/http://www.despardes.com/in/ent/2006/28-helen-item-girl.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> went on to win the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] in 2007.<br />
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His collection of poems, ''Asylum and Other Poems'' appeared in 2003. He has also co-edited ''Confronting Love'' (2005), a book of contemporary Indian love poetry in English. He returned to magazine journalism as a Consulting Editor at ''Man's World'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's behind Man's World? |url=http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp |publisher=Man’s World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405071720/http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp |archive-date= 5 April 2010 }}</ref> Later, he joined Paprika Media (the publishing house that brings out [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Mumbai and Time Out Delhi) to edit their special projects. He is now a freelance [[journalist]], writing articles for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' and ''[[Live Mint]]'' newspapers, as well as '' The Man '' and ''MW''<br />
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In 2009, he coauthored ''Leela: A Portrait'' with [[Leela Naidu]], a semi-biographical book of anecdotes and photos from Leela Naidu's life. Leela Naidu was continuously listed as one of top ten or top five most beautiful women in the world in the 1950s and 1960s by magazines like ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.<br />
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His first novel, ''Em and the Big Hoom'', was published in 2012, and won [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] that year. It was also shortlisted for the [[Commonwealth Book Prize]].<br />
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He has translated several books from Marathi to English including ''[[Cobalt Blue (novel)|Cobalt Blue]]'', ''[[Baluta (autobiography)|Baluta]]'', ''[[When I Hid My Caste]]'' and ''I, the Salt Doll''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/Translation-is-the-noblest-failure-Jerry-Pinto/article14619998.ece |title=Translation is the noblest failure: Jerry Pinto |last=Rosario |first=Kennith |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=September 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/892521/when-i-hid-my-caste-baburao-baguls-short-stories-were-steeped-in-his-ideologically-vibrant-youth |title='When I Hid My Caste': Baburao Bagul's short stories were steeped in his ideologically vibrant youth |last=Maitreya |first=Yogesh |date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> From Hindi into English he translated the novel ''Havan'' (''The Fire Sacrifice'', 1989) by the American-Indian writer [[Susham Bedi]].<ref>New Delhi : Tiger Books 2026</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* ''Surviving Women''. Penguin Books, 2000. {{ISBN|0-14-028715-9}}.<br />
* ''Bombay, meri jaan: writings on Mumbai'', with Naresh Fernandes. Penguin Books, 2003.<br />
* ''Asylum and Other Poems''. (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers India., 2003. {{ISBN|81-7764-527-7}}<br />
* ''Confronting Love, (edited with [[Arundhathi Subramaniam]] ) ''. (Poetry in English). [[Penguin Books]] India., 2005. {{ISBN|0-14-303264-X}}<br />
* ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]''. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006. {{ISBN|0-14-303124-4}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/reviews/story/dancing-queen-of-bombay-cinema-489396|title=Dancing queen of Bombay cinema : The Tribune India}}</ref><br />
* ''Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa''. Penguin Group, 2006. {{ISBN|0-14-310081-5}}.<br />
* ''Bollywood Posters'', with Sheena Sippy. Thames & Hudson, 2008. {{ISBN|9780500287767}}<br />
* ''Leela: A Patchwork Life'' with [[Leela Naidu]]. Penguin Group, 2009. {{ISBN|9780670999118}}<br />
* ''[[Em and the Big Hoom]]''. Aleph Book Company, 2012. {{ISBN|8192328023}}<br />
* ''Phiss Phuss Boom'', with [[Anushka Ravishankar]] and [[Sayoni Basu]]. Illustrated by Vinayak Varma. Duckbill, 2013. {{ISBN|978-93-83331-08-6}}<br />
* ''When Crows Are White'', 2013. {{ISBN|9788184778571}}<br />
* ''Monster Garden''. Illustrated by [[Priya Kuriyan]]. Duckbill, 2016. {{ISBN|978-93-83331-26-0}}<br />
* ''Murder in Mahim'', 2017. {{ISBN|9789385755293}}<br />
* ''[[The Education of Yuri]].'' Speaking Tiger Books, 2022. {{ISBN|9789354472688}}<br />
* ''[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/book-reviews/citizen-gallery-by-jerry-pinto-how-an-art-gallery-shaped-indias-modern-art-scene-455204 Citizen Gallery: The Gandhys of Chemould and the birth of modern art in Bombay],'' 2022<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
* 2007 [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] for ''[[Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb]]''<br />
* 2012 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] winner for ''Em and the Big Hoom''<ref>{{cite web |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 |work=[[The Hindu]] |author=[[Staff writer]] |date= 17 February 2013 |access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref><br />
* 2013 [[Crossword Book Award]] (fiction) for ''Em and the Big Hoom''<ref>{{cite web |title='Popular choice' ruled at book awards |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Popular-choice-ruled-at-book-awards/articleshow/26984253.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=7 December 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013}}</ref><br />
* 2016 [[Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes]] (Fiction) for ''Em and The Big Hoom'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Nine writers win Yale's $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes|url=http://news.yale.edu/2016/03/01/nine-writers-win-yale-s-150000-windham-campbell-prizes#.VtWIPjy6wD9.twitter |work=[[Yale News]] |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref><br />
* 2016 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Em and The Big Hoom''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Jerry Pinto}}<br />
*[http://www.jerrypinto.com Jerry Pinto's Website]<br />
*[http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14745 About Jerry Pinto and his poems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721051945/http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=14745 |date=21 July 2011 }}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041013185832/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/10/03/stories/2004100300290500.htm Jerry Pinto's book of poems, Asylum], reviewed by [[Ranjit Hoskote]] <br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606135551/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Search/Search.aspx?q=Jerry%20Pinto&nodate=1 Hindustan Times columns by Jerry Pinto.]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080126130350/http://www.livemint.com/Articles/ByLineArticles.aspx?ByLine=Jerry+Pinto&type=wa Live Mint: columns by Jerry Pinto]<br />
*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/one-per-cent-writing-and-99-per-cent-rewriting/article4278321.ece The Hindu: One per cent writing and 99 per cent rewriting]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185948/http://windhamcampbell.org/2016/winner/jerry-pinto Windham–Campbell Prizes Website]<br />
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