Jahnavi Barua is an Indian author from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. She is the author of 'Next Door', a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background. Barua lives in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

, and obtained her MBBS at Gauhati Medical College but does not practice medicine. She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom. A ''Rebirth'' is not so much about parenting as it is about the unique bond between mother and child. The particular period when the mother carries the unborn child is expressed beautifully in her literary work. Undertow is a novel about migration, exile and loneliness, all themes we will be struggling with in a post-pandemic world.

Bibliography

* ''Next Door'' (Penguin India, 2008) * ''Rebirth'' (Penguin India, 2010) *''Undertow'' (Penguin India, 2020)

Nominations and awards

* 2020

JCB Prize for Literature JCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018. It is awarded annually with prize to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer. The winners will be an ...

longlist * 2012

Commonwealth Book Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

''shortlist'' * 2011

Man Asian Literary Prize The Man Asian Literary Prize was an annual literary award between 2007 and 2012, given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendar year. It is awarded to writer ...

, ''shortlist'', ''Rebirth'' * 2009

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award __NOTOC__ The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award—named in honour of Frank O'Connor, who devoted much of his work to the form—was an international literary award presented for the best short story collection. It was presented betwe ...

, ''longlist''. * 2006 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers (Second prize, Children's fiction category). * 2005 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers * Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing

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External links

Profile
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Living people Writers from Assam Indian women short story writers 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers 21st-century Indian short story writers Women writers from Assam Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-writer-stub

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