Encore Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2014) Winner
Neel Mukherjee
ニール・ムケルジー
Neel Mukherjee
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970-01-01 （Kolkata, West Bengal, India）
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kolkata (birth/early life) → London (residence) → United States (residence/teaching)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Academic
- Active Years
- 2008-
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (teaching)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Influenced By
- Edmund Spenser, Rabindranath Tagore, Charles Dickens
- Nominations
- 2014 Man Booker Prize (shortlist) — The Lives of Others, 2011 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (shortlist) — A Life Apart, 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (shortlist) — The Lives of Others, 2024 Goldsmiths Prize (shortlist) — Choice, 2014 Man Booker Prize (shortlist) — The Lives of Others
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jadavpur University | — | English | BA | — | India |
| University College, Oxford | — | English | BA (second BA, Rhodes Scholar) | — | United Kingdom |
| Pembroke College, Cambridge | — | English (research) | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
| University of East Anglia | — | Creative Writing (MA) | MA | — | United Kingdom |
Jadavpur University
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
India
Studied English in India
University College, Oxford
English
Degree:
BA (second BA, Rhodes Scholar)
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended as a Rhodes Scholar; took a second BA in English
Pembroke College, Cambridge
English (research)
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
Completed a PhD on Edmund Spenser
University of East Anglia
Creative Writing (MA)
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Completed an MA in Creative Writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Vodafone Crossword Book Award (English Fiction) | Past Continuous (India edition) | 英語小説 | Vodafone Crossword / organisers | winner |
| 2010 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Fiction | A Life Apart (UK edition) | 最優秀フィクション | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | winner |
| 2014 | Encore Award (Royal Society of Literature) | The Lives of Others | ベストセカンドノベル | Royal Society of Literature | winner |
| 2009 | GQ (India) Writer of the Year | — | — | GQ India | winner |
| 2018 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | elected |
Vodafone Crossword Book Award (English Fiction)
2008
Work:
Past Continuous (India edition)
Category:
英語小説
Organization:
Vodafone Crossword / organisers
Result:
winner
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Fiction
2010
Work:
A Life Apart (UK edition)
Category:
最優秀フィクション
Organization:
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Result:
winner
Encore Award (Royal Society of Literature)
2014
Work:
The Lives of Others
Category:
ベストセカンドノベル
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
winner
GQ (India) Writer of the Year
2009
Organization:
GQ India
Result:
winner
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
2018
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
elected
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Past Continuous (India) / A Life Apart (UK)
2008 NovelFollows Ritwik, a young gay man who moves from India to Oxford and then to London, interweaving his life on the margins with chapters of a novel he is writing; themes of displacement, identity and marginality.
migrationalienationsexuality and identity
The Lives of Others
2014 NovelSet in late-1960s Kolkata, the novel interweaves the household story of the mill-owning Ghosh family with letters from an eldest grandson involved in extremist political activism, exploring class, family and political upheaval.
class inequalityfamilypolitical violence
A State of Freedom
2017 NovelInterweaves the stories of five characters in India displaced by choice or circumstance, meditating on migration, loss and social/economic dislocation.
migrationpoverty and inequalityfamily breakdown
Choice
2024 Novel (triptych)A triptych examining how personal decisions are shaped by wider economic and social forces, following interconnected stories of a London-based publisher, an academic, and a family dealing with unexpected consequences.
choice and ethicscritique of capitalismmigration
Bibliography
- Past Continuous (India) / A Life Apart (UK)
- The Lives of Others
- A State of Freedom
- Choice
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- English-language social realismmulti-perspective, ensemble narration
- Recurring Motifs
- displacement and alienationclass and economic inequalityfamily breakdown
Legacy
Neel Mukherjee is an India-born English-language novelist who has achieved international recognition. He won major Indian awards for his debut, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his second novel, and is known for social-realistic novels addressing class, migration and family. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Literature
Trivia
- Attended University College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
- Divides his time between London and the United States.
- Reportedly the brother of television anchor Udayan Mukherjee (citation needed).