Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi was born in the city formerly known as MADRAS in 1975.
She has published seven books of poetry and fiction. Her essays, poems and short stories have been widely anthologized.
In 2012 she represented India at a historic gathering of world poets for Poetry Parnassus at the Southbank Centre, London. She is also the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award for Poetry, winner of the All-India Poetry Competition, and her first book, COUNTRIES OF THE BODY, won the prestigious Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2006. GIRLS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS was shortlisted for the TED HUGHES AWARD & a Firecracker Award.
Tishani's debut novel, THE PLEASURE SEEKERS, was shortlisted for the Hindu Literary Prize and long-listed for the Orange Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. SMALL DAYS AND NIGHTS, her second novel, has been shortlisted for the TATA BEST FICTION AWARD 2019 and the RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020. A GOD AT THE DOOR, her fourth full-length collection, published in 2021, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry.
She is Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing at New York University, Abu Dhabi.
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