Anoushka Sabnis (born January 27, 2007) is an
Indian writer,
poet and
public speaker.
She has published several books. She published her first book at the age of 10
and has since been active in advocating the benefits of reading and writing, especially for children.
Education
Sabnis is a high school student studying in
New Delhi, India.
Writing career
As a new year resolution in 2016, Sabnis took up a challenge of writing poems and ended the year with 52 poems written over the 52 weekends of the year.
Her first book, ''Once Upon a Verse – because poems tell stories'', is a collection of these poems, published by
Partridge Publishing
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in December 2017.
She has since been writing and publishing short stories and poems.
Awards & honours
Sabnis created a world record by becoming the "Youngest Poet to Publish a Poetry Book Internationally (female)" at the age of 10, recognised by World Records India in September 2019.
She is a 2-time recipient of the Gold Award at the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, organised annually by the
Royal Commonwealth Society,
London, in 2018 and 2020.
Sabnis received the Young Leader Award for entrepreneurship and innovation and spoke on Teen Entrepreneurship
at the 84th Annual
Women Economic Forum
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Activities
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2022, in New Delhi.
Public speaking
Sabnis is a regular speaker at national and international
literary festivals where she talks about
children's literature,
inculcating reading habits in children and young adults and shares anecdotes from her own life and writing journey.
She was a speaker at the
Jaipur Literature Festival
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2019 and Jaipur Book Mark 2019. She spoke at the AIM Literary Festival in 2020. In 2021, Anoushka spoke about the importance of reading amongst children and young adults, at the third edition of the Orange City Literature Festival. In 2022, she spoke at the inaugural Orange City Literature Festival – Children's Edition on how young children can become writers.
She spoke at the 84th Annual
Women Economic Forum
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Activities
ALL confers Awards. Distinguished people who have received the ...
2022 on Teen Entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship
Sabnis started the website Biblioverse – the universe of books, to encourage children in India to read and write.
Published writing
* "A Bottle of Achaar" in ''The Great Indian Teen Fiction Collective'', Publisher:
Notion Press,
December 2022
* "The Boy who saved the World" in ''Golden Light – Sterling Short Stories'', Publisher:
Scholastic India, June 2021
* ''Elijah – the Chosen One'', Publisher:
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, October 2020
* "The Earth I want to See When I Grow Up" in an anthology of essays, ''Pen the Change'', Publisher: Authors Press, November 2018
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* ''Once Upon a Verse – because poems tell stories'', collection of 52 poems, Publisher: Partridge Publishing
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, December 2017
* "Importance of Body Image for Teenagers", Publisher
International Journal of Indian Psychology
, September 2023
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Organisations
Recognised as a Global Goodwill Ambassador from Asia by the GGA Foundation April 2018.
See also
* List of Indian writers
References
External links
Anoushka Sabnis, Jaipur Book Mark
Once Upon a Verse : Because Poems Tell Stories
DNA India – Young Poet's Club – Anoushka Sabnis
DNA India
The Quint – Anoushka Sabnis – World Poetry Day
Indspire Me – Anoushka Sabnis
Anoushka Sabnis blog
Live Wire, Anoushka Sabnis, My COVID Cocoon
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Living people
2007 births
Indian women poets
Child writers