Abhimanyu Acharya

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Abhimanyu Acharya
Born (1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 29)
Surendranagar, Gujarat, India
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • playwright
Language Gujarati
NationalityIndian
Alma mater St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad
Notable worksPadchhayao Vacche (2018)
Notable awards Yuva Puraskar (2020)

Abhimanyu Acharya (born 24 September 1994) is an Indian short story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He received the 2020 Yuva Puraskar for his short story collection Padchhayao Vacche ("Between the Shadows").

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Biography

Abhimanyu Acharya was born on 24 September 1994 in Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. In 2010, he moved to Ahmedabad where he completed his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, and graduated from St. Xavier's College. [1] At present, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, Canada in Comparative literature. [2] [3]

Works

Acharya's first short story was published in the Gujarati magazine Navneet Samarpan in 2009. His short story collection, Padchhayao Vacche ("Between the Shadows"), was published by Rangdwar Publication in 2018. [4] His stories deal with themes of love and sexuality, and often combines traditional storytelling with formal experimentation and lyricism. [5] [6] In 2022, his short story "Chunni" appeared in The Greatest Gujarati Stories Ever Told, edited by Rita Kothari. [7] [3]

His play Roundabout was staged in Gujarat and Karnataka. He directed Madhu Rye's Tell Me The Name Of A Flower in 2018. [2]

Awards

Acharya received the 2020 Yuva Puraskar for his short story collection Padchhayao Vacche [8] for which, he also received Gujarat Sahitya Akademi's Best Book Prize (2020). [9] He received the Sanhita Manch playwriting award for his Hindi play Bhes. He was twice longlisted for TOTO Funds the Arts Award for his English writing. [3]

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