Sarnath Banerjee
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Sarnath Banerjee (b.1972) is an Indian graphic novelist, artist, and film maker. Banerjee was born in Calcutta and lives and works in Delhi, India. He studied image and communication at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His first novel, Corridor (2004), published by Penguin Books, India, was widely marketed as India's first graphic novel. However, it is not the first Indian graphic novel, since River of Stories, a graphic novel by Orijit Sen, was published in 1994. His second novel, The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers, was published in 2007.
Sarnath has also provided illustrations for novels by other authors. He designed the cover for Upamanyu Chatterjee's novel, Weight Loss.
He is the co-founder of the comics publishing house Phantomville, along with his friend Anindya Roy.
[edit] External links
- Sarnath Banerjee's home page
- Penguin Books page on Sarnath Banerjee
- New Images and Interview on SacredMediaCow
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