Jahnavi Barua

Jahnavi Barua
Born	Assam
Occupation	Author

Jahnavi Barua is an Indian author from Assam. She is the author of Next Door, a collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background. ^{[1] [2]} Barua lives in Bangalore, and obtained her MBBS at Gauhati Medical College but does not practice medicine. ^{[3] [4]} She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom.^{[ where? ] [5]}

A Rebirth is not so much about parenting as it is about the unique bond between mother and child. ^[6] Undertow is a novel about migration, exile and loneliness in a post-pandemic world. ^[7]

Bibliography

• Next Door (Penguin India, 2008) ISBN   978-0143064527
• Rebirth (Penguin India, 2010) ISBN   978-0143414551
• Undertow (Penguin India, 2020) ISBN   978-0670093731

Nominations and awards

• 2005 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2006 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers (Second prize, Children's fiction category).^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, longlist.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, shortlist, Rebirth ^[8]
• 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize shortlist ^[9]
• 2020 JCB Prize for Literature longlist ^[10]
• 2021 AutHer Awards for her work, Undertow (2020) ^[11]
• Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing ^[12]

See also

• Literature from North East India
• Indian English Literature

References

1. "Writing a New Story". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
2. Matthan, Ayesha. "Into a Closed Terrain". hindu.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
3. Mathew, Mary; Chandy Mathew, Annie, eds. (2005). Winners: a collection of prize-winning poems and stories. Vol. 2. Unisun Publications. Retrieved 6 April 2015– via Google Books.
4. Maddox, Georgina (21 February 2008). "Freshly Pressed". expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
5. Bhaduri, Abhijit (20 February 2009). "Jahnavi Barua - the girl Next Door" . Retrieved 29 September 2021.
6. "RS pays homage to former member Sarojini Babar". www.oneindia.com. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
7. Rao, Kavitha (21 April 2020). "An Assamese writer confronts migration and exile". mint. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
8. "Man Asian literary prize shortlist 2011 – in pictures". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 March 2024.
9. Sudhakaran, Sadhana (4 February 2023). "Writers from NE suffering from lack of attention, says Jahnavi Barua". English.Mathrubhumi.
10. "The 2020 Longlist". www.thejcbprize.org.
11. "Bengaluru-based Assamese writer Jahnavi Barua gets AutHer Awards-2021". Northeast Now. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
12. "Jahnavi Barua — Charles Wallace India Trust". www.charleswallaceindiatrust.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links

• Profile, tribuneindia.com; accessed 6 April 2015.
• Jahnavi Barua at Penguin India