Abha Dawesar
BornAbha Dawesar
(1974-01-01) 1 January 1974 (age 50)
New Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIndian
Period2000–present
Notable worksBabyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, Miniplanner
Website
www.abhadawesar.com

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.

Biography

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]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

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Personal life

She lives in New York City.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Oh, Seiwoong (2009). Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature. Infobase Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9781438120881.
  2. ^ Rajan, Anjana (12 January 2011). "A cook in her books". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Abha Dawesar". Contemporary Authors Online. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ^ Kamesawaran, Shilpa (Summer 2011). "Interview: Abha Dawesar" (PDF). Urban Confustions Journal (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Abha Dawesar". abhadawesar.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ Nath, Dipanita (20 January 2011). "Love Bard". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?". NPR.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  8. ^ New York Foundation for the Arts Directory of Art Fellows, 1985-2013 (PDF). New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts. 2013.
  9. ^ a b "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2006. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  11. ^ Reese, Jennifer (21 June 2006). "That Summer in Paris Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  12. ^ "That Summer in Paris". Publishers Weekly. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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