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Girl In White Cotton
''Girl in White Cotton'' is the debut novel by Avni Doshi, an American writer of Indian origin. Doshi wrote the novel over the course of seven years. It tells the story of a troubled mother-daughter relationship in Pune, India. The novel was first published in India in August 2019. It was published in the United Kingdom under the title ''Burnt Sugar'' in July 2020. The novel was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Background The novel was written by Doshi over the course of seven years. In 2012, while working as a curator and art writer in Mumbai, Doshi wrote her first draft of the novel in order to meet the deadline for the Tibor Jones South Asia prize for an unpublished manuscript. She won the prize in a unanimous decision by its five judges. She began writing the novel in Pune. Doshi credits a moment while in her grandmother's flat in Pune when a distortion in a mirror warped her reflection, and she saw two different people in her face. The same day, she wrote what woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avni Doshi
Avni Doshi (born 1982) is an American novelist currently based in Dubai. She was born in New Jersey to immigrants from India. She received a BA in Art History from Barnard College in New York, and a master's degree in History of Art from University College London. Her debut novel, '' Girl in White Cotton'', was published in India in 2019. In 2020, it was published in the United Kingdom under the title ''Burnt Sugar''. The novel was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Personal life Doshi grew up in New Jersey's Fort Lee but often spent the winter in Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ..., India, where her mother's family lived. She lived in India for seven years during her mid-twenties, where she worked as a curator in various art galleries (such as Latitude 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti (; born 25 December 1976) is a Canadian writer. Early life Sheila Heti was born on 25 December 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Her brother is the comedian David Heti. Her father wanted to name her after Woody Allen but her mother was vociferously opposed. Sheila Heti attended St. Clement's School in Toronto. She then studied playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada (leaving the program after one year), then art history and philosophy at the University of Toronto. She graduated from North Toronto Collegiate Institute in Toronto. Heti has described the Marquis de Sade and Henry Miller as early literary influences. Career Heti's writing spans a variety of genres, including plays, short fiction, and novels. She has contributed to periodicals including ''Flare'', ''London Review of Books'', ''Brick'', ''Open Letters'', ''Maisonneuve'', ''Bookforum'', ''n+1'', the ''Look'', ''McSweeney's'', and the ''New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bookseller
''The Bookseller'' is a British magazine reporting news on the publishing industry. Philip Jones is editor-in-chief of the weekly print edition of the magazine and the website. The magazine is home to the ''Bookseller''/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, a humorous award given annually to the book with the oddest title. The award is organised by ''The Bookseller''s diarist, Horace Bent, and had been administered in recent years by the former deputy editor, Joel Rickett, and former charts editor, Philip Stone. ''We Love This Book'' is its quarterly sister consumer website and email newsletter. The subscription-only magazine is read by around 30,000 persons each week, in more than 90 countries, and contains the latest news from the publishing and bookselling worlds, in-depth analysis, pre-publication book previews and author interviews. It is the first publication to publish official weekly bestseller lists in the UK. It has also created the first UK-based e-book sales r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Hamilton
Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton (''Hamish'' is the vocative form of the Gaelic Seumas eaning James ''James'' the English form – which was also his given name, and ''Jamie'' the diminutive form). Jamie Hamilton was often referred to as ''Hamish Hamilton''. The Hamish Hamilton imprint is now part of the Penguin Random House group. History and current publishing Hamish Hamilton Limited originally specialized in fiction, and was responsible for publishing a number of American authors in the United Kingdom, including Nigel Balchin (including pseudonym: Mark Spade), Raymond Chandler, James Thurber, J.D. Salinger, E. B. White and Truman Capote. In 1939 Hamish Hamilton Law and Hamish Hamilton Medical were started but closed during the war. Hamish Hamilton was established in the literary district of Bloomsbury and went on to publish many promising British and American authors, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharlene Teo
Sharlene is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive of Charles. Notable people with the name include: *Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (born 1971), Turks and Caicos Islands politician * Sharlene Chiu, Canadian television reporter, host, and producer *Sharlene Flores, Trinidad and Tobago singer *Sharlene Heywood (born 1963), Australian cricket player *Sharlene Rädlein (born 1990), Jamaican model and beauty pageant titleholder *Sharlene Royer is a Canadian actress and stunt performer. *Sharlene San Pedro (born 1999), Filipino actress, singer, vlogger, VJ, and TV Host *Sharlene Taulé, better known as Sharlene, (born 1989), Dominican actress and singer and songwriter * Sharlene Wells Hawkes (born 1964), Paraguayan beauty queen, author and sports reporter *Sharlene Whyte, English actress See also * Sharleen * Charlene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters named Charlene, Charleen or Charlyne * Charline (name) Charline is a French feminine gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diksha Basu
Diksha Basu is an American writer and actress. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel ''The Windfall'' which is under adaptation for a television series by Shonali Bose. Biography Diksha Basu was born in Delhi, to the sociologist Alaka Malwade Basu and economist Kaushik Basu, who later became the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India and then the Chief Economist at the World Bank. She grew up in Delhi during the 1990s till the age of 10. She moved to Ithaca, New York in 1994, as a teenager with her family. Basu states that after moving to upstate New York, she would keep visiting Delhi every 4 to 6 months. She eventually graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, and in the French language as part of a double major. In 2008, she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting, and lived in the city for four years. She featured in the comedy series ''Mumbai Calling'' (2007) and in the drama film '' A Decent Arrangement'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Pariat
Janice Pariat is an Indian poet and writer. She was born in Assam and grew up in Shillong, Meghalaya.Rao Chaini, Sanjitha (15 October 2012)"A Tale Can Be Told In Many Ways", ''Business World. ''Retrieved 30 August 2013.Staff writer (31 August 2013)"Honoured, says State's 1st Sahitya awardee in English" ''Eastern Chronicle''. Retrieved 31 August 2013. ''Boats on Land'' (Random House India, 2012), her debut collection of short stories, won the 2013 Sahitya Akademi Young Writer Award for the English languageSahitya Akademi Press Release (23 August 2013). Retrieved 30 August 2013. and the 2013 for fiction. Pariat i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi (born 9 December 1975) is an Indian poet, journalist and dancer based in Chennai. In 2006 she won the Forward Prize for her debut poetry book ''Countries of the Body''. Her poetry book ''A God at the Door'' has been shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize under best poetry collection category. Early life and education Doshi was born in Madras, India, to a Welsh mother and Gujarati father. She completed a bachelor's degree in the United States, at Queen's College in Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated with a master's degree in creative writing... from the Johns Hopkins University. Career Doshi works as a freelance writer and journalist. She has worked with choreographer Chandralekha. Her short story "Lady Cassandra, Spartacus and the dancing man" was published in its entirety in the journal ''The Drawbridge'' in 2007. Her poetry collection, ''Everything Begins Elsewhere'', was published by Bloodaxe Books in the UK in 2012 and by Copper Canyon Press in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Sudjic
Olivia Katarina Sudjic (born 1988) is a British fiction writer whose first book ''Sympathy'' received positive reviews in the press, from publications such as the ''New York Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The New Republic''. Background Sudjic was born in London, England, daughter of the art writer and critic Deyan Sudjic and lifestyle editor (including for ''Condé Nast Traveller'' magazine) and brand consultant Sarah Miller, daughter of architect and professor of architecture at the Royal College of Art John Miller and stepdaughter of his wife, the architect and designer Su Rogers. She was educated at the City of London School for Girls and then read English Literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge where she won the E.G. Harwood Prize for English. ''Sympathy'' (2017) ''Sympathy'' revolves around a twenty-something woman visiting New York who becomes obsessed with an older woman via the social media app Instagram. The book is recognized for addressing generational differences: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert (born July 18, 1969) is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, ''Eat, Pray, Love'', which has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also made into a film of the same name in 2010. Early life Gilbert was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1969. Her father, John Gilbert, was a chemical engineer at Uniroyal; her mother, Carole, was a nurse and established a Planned Parenthood clinic. When Gilbert was four, her parents bought a Christmas tree farm in Litchfield, Connecticut. The family lived in the country with no neighbors; they did not own a television or record player. Consequently, the family read a great deal, and Gilbert and her older sister Catherine Gilbert Murdock entertained themselves by writing books and plays. Gilbert has said that her parents were not hippies but modern pioneers, "My parents are the only people I've ever known who made their own goat's-milk yogur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto ( ur, ; , born 29 May 1982) is a Pakistani writer and columnist. Born in Kabul, she is the daughter of politician Murtaza Bhutto, sister of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr, niece of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and granddaughter of former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. She was raised in Syria and Karachi, and received her bachelor's degree from Barnard College, followed by a master's degree from the SOAS University of London. Bhutto is a critic of her aunt Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, whom she accused of being involved in her father's murder. Her non-fiction book, ''Songs Of Blood And Sword'' (2010), is about her family. Bhutto has written for ''The News'' and ''The Guardian'' among other publications. Early life and education Bhutto was born on 29 May 1982 to Murtaza Bhutto and an Afghan mother, Fauzia Fasihudin Bhutto, the daughter of Afghanistan's former foreign affairs official in Kabul. Her father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogue India
''Vogue India'' is the Indian edition of the monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine ''Vogue''. It is the 17th international edition of ''Vogue'' and the first edition in South Asia. ''Vogue India'' is published by Condé Nast India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% owned subsidiary of Condé Nast International. ''Vogue India'' was the first magazine released in India that is 100% foreign owned. Condé Nast India is based in Mumbai and also has an office in New Delhi. History The magazine was founded in 2007. The first issue of ''Vogue India'' was the October 2007 issue, which was released on 20 September 2007. The cover was shot by photographer Patrick Demarchelier, and featured Bipasha Basu, Gemma Ward and Priyanka Chopra on the regular cover, and Monikangana Dutta, Preity Zinta, and Lakshmi Menon on the gatefold cover. Ward's appearance on the cover was criticized by some readers who felt that the inaugural edition's cover should have exclusively featured Indian women. Alex Kuruvilla, manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |