Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974[1]) is an Indian-born novelist writing in English. She was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts fiction fellowship. Her 2005 novel Babyji won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award. She lives in New York City.[1][2]
Biography
Abha Dawesar was born in New Delhi.[2] She moved to the United States to attend Harvard University, where she graduated in 1995.[2]
Before publishing her award-winning second novel, Babyji (2005), Dawesar was working at a global financial services firm in Manhattan. She quit her job to devote her time to writing.[3]
Dawesar has been exhibiting photography, visual, and video art since being a student at Harvard in 1995. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad.[4]
Since 2013, Dawesar has been speaking on issues around digital technology and its effects on social behavior and experience.[5]
Awards
- Fiction Fellow, New York Foundation for the Arts (2000)[6][2]
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, for Babyji (2005)[7]
- Stonewall Book Award, American Library Association, for Babyji (2006)[8]
Bibliography
Novels
- Miniplanner (2000) (published in India by Penguin Books under the title The Three of Us)
- Babyji (2005) (winner of the Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award, 2006)[7]
- That Summer in Paris (2006)[9]
- Family Values (2011)
- Sensorium (2012)
- Madison Square Park (2016)
Short stories
- The Good King in Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Zubaan Books(2014). ISBN 9789383074174
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature{{#if:Oh|, Oh}. Infobase Publishing(2009). ISBN 9781438120881
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Abha Dawesar. Contemporary Authors Online(2007). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ Interview: Abha Dawesar. Urban Confustions Journal({Template:Date).
- ↑ Abha Dawesar. abhadawesar.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?. NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ New York Foundation for the Arts Directory of Art Fellows, 1985-2013{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. New York Foundation for the Arts(2013)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary.
- ↑ Stonewall Book Awards List. Round Tables(9 September 2009). Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ That Summer in Paris Review. Entertainment Weekly(21 June 2006).