Anuradha Roy (born 1967) is an Indian novelist, journalist and editor. She has written five novels: An Atlas of Impossible Longing (2008), The Folded Earth (2011), Sleeping on Jupiter (2015), All the Lives We Never Lived (2018), and The Earthspinner (2021).
Anuradha Roy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57)[1] Calcutta |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | Novel, postcolonial |
| Subject | Post-modernism |
| Spouse | Rukun Advani |
| Website | |
| anuradharoy | |
Biography
editRoy and her husband, publisher Rukun Advani, live in Ranikhet.[2]
Career
editWriting
editRoy's first novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, was picked up for publication after she shared initial pages with writer and publisher Christopher MacLehose, and has been translated into eighteen languages.[1][3] It was named by World Literature Today as one of the "60 Essential English Language Works of Modern Indian Literature".[4]
Sleeping on Jupiter, her third novel, won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.[5]
Her fourth novel, All the Lives We Never Lived, won the Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2018.[6] It was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2018.[7] It was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2020.[8] In December 2022, it won India's most prestigious literary prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award, given by India's literary academy to a work written in any genre in English.[9]
The Earthspinner, her fifth novel, was published by Hachette India and the Mountain Leopard Press, London, in September 2021.[10] The novel won the Sushila Devi Book Award 2022 for the best novel by a woman writer in India.[11] It was shortlisted for the Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2022, as well as the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2022.[12][13] In December 2023, the French translation of this novel, titled Le Cheval en Feu, was hailed by Radio France as its literary discovery of the year.[14]
Her essays and reviews have appeared in newspapers and magazines in India (Indian Express; Telegraph; The Hindu), the US (Orion and Noema) and Britain (Guardian, The Economist), and most recently in John Freeman, ed., Tales of Two Planets.[1]
Publishing
editAdvani and Roy founded Permanent Black, a publishing company focusing on academic literature, in 2000, and Roy is a designer for the company.[1][15] Roy had previously worked with Stree, an Indian independent publisher in Kolkata.[16] She was a Commissioning Editor at Oxford University Press, India, a job she quit in 2000.[17]
Novels
edit- An Atlas of Impossible Longing (2008)
- The Folded Earth (2011)
- Sleeping on Jupiter (2015)
- All the Lives We Never Lived (2018)
- The Earthspinner (2021)
Awards and honors
edit- 2004 The Outlook/Picador India Non-Fiction Competition, "Cooking Women"[18]
- 2011 The Hindu Literary Prize, shortlist, The Folded Earth[19]
- 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, longlist, The Folded Earth[20]
- 2011 Economist Crossword Book Award, winner, The Folded Earth[21][22]
- 2015 The Hindu Literary Prize, shortlist, Sleeping on Jupiter[23]
- 2015 Man Booker Prize, longlist, Sleeping on Jupiter[24]
- 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, winner, Sleeping on Jupiter[25]
- 2018 JCB Prize, shortlist, All the Lives We Never LivedInternational Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced: Anuradha Roy’s ‘All the Lives We Never Lived’ makes the cut
- 2019 The Hindu Literary Prize, shortlist, All the Lives We Never Lived[26]
- 2019 Tata Book of the Year Award for Fiction 2018, winner, All the Lives We Never Lived[27]
- 2019 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2018, longlist, All the Lives We Never Lived[28]
- 2020 International Dublin Literary Award 2020, shortlist, All the Lives We Never Lived[29]
- 2022 Sushila Devi Award for Best Novel 2022, winner, The Earthspinner[11] and Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2022, shortlisted.[13]
- 2022 Sahitya Akademi Award, All the Lives We Never Lived[30]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "ANURADHA ROY: BIOGRAPHY". Web Biography, promoting female writers. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Someshwar, Manreet Sodhi. "Anuradha Roy: Past forward". Punch Magazine. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Jillian, Lara (23 August 2011). "'An Atlas of Impossible Longing' Has Archeological Roots that Stretch into the Very Hills of Songarh". Pop Matters. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "60 Essential English-Language Works of Modern Indian Literature". World Literature Today. 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Anuradha Roy's Sleeping on Jupiter makes it to Man Booker long list". DNA India. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "HarperCollins, Anuradha Roy, Crabtree among Tata Literature Live award winners". Hindustan Times. 21 November 2018.
- ^ Salt, Rebecca (6 March 2019). "Tenth Walter Scott Prize Longlist announced -". The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (3 September 2020). "International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns among eight women on shortlist". The Irish Times.
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (22 December 2022). "Sahitya Akademi Awards announced, Anuradha Roy among 23 winners". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Anderson, Porter (23 March 2021). "London's Welbeck Launches a New Imprint with Christopher MacLehose". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Anuradha Roy's Book 'The Earthspinner' Wins 'Sushila Devi Book Award 2022'". www.millenniumpost.in. 14 December 2022.
- ^ Scroll Staff (31 October 2022). "Tata Literature Live announces shortlisted titles in all categories for its 2022 literary awards". Scroll.in.
- ^ a b Sengupta, Ahona (16 December 2022). "Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22".
- ^ ""Le cheval en feu" d'Anuradha Roy : La grande découverte littéraire de cette fin d'année selon le Masque". 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Permanent Black". Black.blogspot.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Interview – Anuradha Roy | Asia Literary Review". asialiteraryreview.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Ticket for Two, Please". Outlook. India. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "And the prize goes to..." Outlook. 13 February 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ "Shortlisted work for 2011 prize". The Hindu. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ "Man Asian Literary Awards: 5 Indians in long-list". Ibnlive.com. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ "The Hindu's Aman Sethi bags award for A Free Man". The Hindu. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Shruti Dhapola (19 October 2012). "Anuradha Roy, Aman Sethi win at Economist-Crossword awards". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "The Hindu Prize 2015 Shortlist". The Hindu. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Man Booker Prize announces 2015 longlist | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com.
- ^ "Indian author Anuradha Roy wins USD 50,000 DSC Prize". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "The Hindu Prize 2018 shortlists announced". The Hindu. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award – Fiction". Tata Literature Live. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Tenth Walter Scott Prize Longlist". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "International Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced: Anuradha Roy's 'All the Lives We Never Lived' makes the cut". The Indian Express.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award 2022" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.