Abha Dawesar | |
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| Born | Abha Dawesar 1 January 1974 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Notable works | Babyji , Family Values, That Summer in Paris, Miniplanner |
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Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974 [1] ) is an Indian-born novelist writing in English. Her novels include Babyji , Family Values, That Summer in Paris, and Miniplanner. [2] Her 2005 novel Babyji won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award.
Abha Dawesar was born in New Delhi. [3] She moved to the United States to attend Harvard University, where she graduated in 1995. [3]
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. [4]
Dawesar has been exhibiting photography, visual, and video art since she was a student at Harvard. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad. [5]
In 2010, she wrote part of the screenplay for the film Love and the Cities, directed by Rodrigo Bernardo. [6]
Since 2013, Dawesar has been speaking on issues around digital technology and its effects on social behavior and experience. [7]
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She lives in New York City. [1] [3]
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