Siddhartha Deb (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at

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, US. Deb began his career in journalism as a sports journalist in Calcutta in 1994 before moving to Delhi to continue regular journalism until 1998. His first novel, ''The Point of Return'', is semi-autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the 330th most populous city in India with a ...

in India's Northeast. His second novel, ''Surface'', also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned Sikh journalist. His first non-fiction book, ''The Beautiful And the Damned: A Portrait of the New India'' was published in June 2011 by

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. He has also contributed to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Harper's'', the '' London Review of Books'', and ''

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''. He currently teaches creative writing at

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in New York.

Awards and honors

*2012 PEN/Open Book, ''The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India'' *2012

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(shortlist), ''The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India''

Bibliography

Fiction * * published by Picador in the UK as * a collaborative project published as a limited edition book with photographer

Mitch Epstein Mitchell Epstein (born 1952) is an American fine-art photographer, among the first to make significant use of color. His books include ''Property Rights'' (2021), ''In India'' (2021), ''Sunshine Hotel'' (2019), ''Rocks and Clouds'' (2018), ''Ne ...

Non-fiction * Articles *

References

External links

In Conversation: Winners and Losers in the “New India”: Siddhartha Deb with Scott Sherman
''The Brooklyn Rail''
"On Change in India"
''Guernica: Magazine of Art and Politics'' (September 1, 2011)
Siddhartha Deb articles
''New Republic'' 1970 births Living people Novelists from Meghalaya University of Calcutta alumni Columbia University alumni The New School faculty Indian male writers 20th-century Indian journalists Journalists from Meghalaya {{India-writer-stub

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