Abha Dawesar

Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974[1]) is an Indian-born novelist and visual artist writing in English. She is known for writing about themes of sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Dawesar was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts fiction fellowship and has won numerous awards for her fiction, with her 2005 novel Babyji winning both the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award. She lives in New York City.[1][2]

Abha Dawesar
BornAbha Dawesar
(1974-01-01) 1 January 1974
New Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIndian
Period2000—present
Website
www.abhadawesar.com

Biography

Abha Dawesar was born in New Delhi, India to parents Bhushan K. and Shakuntala Dawesar.[2] She moved to the United States from India to attend Harvard University, where she graduated in 1995.[2]

Before publishing her award-winning second novel, Babyji (2005), Dawesar was working at a global financial services firm in Manhattan. She quit her financial job to devote her time to writing.[3]

Dawesar has been exhibiting photography, visual, and video art since being a student at Harvard in 1995. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad.[4]

Since 2013, Dawesar has been speaking on issues around digital technology and its effects on social behavior and experience.[5]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories
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  • The Good King in Menon, Anil; Singh, Vandana (2014). Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana. Zubaan Books. p. 47. ISBN 9789383074174.

References
  1. Oh, Seiwoong (2009). Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature. Infobase Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9781438120881.
  2. "Abha Dawesar". Contemporary Authors Online. 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. Kamesawaran, Shilpa (Summer 2011). "Interview: Abha Dawesar" (PDF). Urban Confustions Journal (1).
  4. "Abha Dawesar". abhadawesar.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  5. "Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?". NPR.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. New York Foundation for the Arts Directory of Art Fellows, 1985-2013 (PDF). New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts. 2013.
  7. "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2006. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  8. "Stonewall Book Awards List". Round Tables. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. Reese, Jennifer (21 June 2006). "That Summer in Paris Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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