Tanuja Desai Hidier
| Tanuja Desai Hidier | |
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 at the 2014 National Book Festival | |
| Born | Wilbraham, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Notable awards | 1995 James Jones Literary Prize |
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Tanuja Desai Hidier is an Indian-American writer. She won the 1995 James Jones Literary Prize for Tale of a Two-Hearted Tiger.
Life
She was born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. She graduated from Brown University.[1]
She collaborates with Atom Fellows, in the group T&A.
She lives in London.
Works
- Born Confused, Scholastic Press, 2003, ISBN 9780439510110 [2]
- Karma Girl. E-Books der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH. 14 June 2010. ISBN 978-3-641-03971-4.
- Generazione confusa. Translated by Giancarlo Carlotti. Mondadori. 2004. ISBN 978-88-04-53057-2.
- Tvära kast, Translated by Tony Manieri, Peder Carlsson, Publisher Damm, 2005, ISBN 9789171302113
- Tale of a Two-Hearted Tiger
- Megan McCafferty, ed. (18 December 2007). "Cowgirls & Indie Boys". Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-42165-4.
- Bombay Blues, Scholastic Press, 2014
Films
- The Test (wrote and directed)
- The Assimiliation Alphabet (co-wrote and co-directed)
References
- ↑ http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/tanuja-desai-hidier-0
- ↑ Comerford, Lynda Brill (Dec 23, 2002). "Fall 2002 Flying Starts: Tanuja Desai Hidier". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
On another level, Born Confused encapsulates the universal insecurities and identity crises experienced by young adults. “It was refreshing to write from a teen’s perspective,” says the author. “It was fun to go back and experience the shock and surprise of new discoveries. Teens aren’t as jaded as adults.”
External links
- official website
- People aren't as far away as they seem, Push Voices
- Confusion into Creativity: A Review of Born Confused and a Conversation with Tanuja Desai Hidier, Bookslut
- http://atomfellows.com/tag/tanuja-desai-hidier/
- https://soundcloud.com/tanujadh/sets/tanuja-desai-hidier-sampler
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