William E. Colby Military Writers' Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2016) Winner
Nisid Hajari
ニシド・ハジャリ
Nisid Hajari
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Bombay (now Mumbai)
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bombay (now Mumbai) → Seattle, Washington → New York → Hong Kong → New Delhi → London → Singapore
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Editor, Foreign affairs analyst
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Bloomberg View
- Memberships
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Nominations
- Arthur Ross Book Award Finalist, Shakti Bhatt Prize Finalist, Tata Literature Live! First Book Award Finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | Comparative literature | MA | — | United States |
Princeton University
English
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Comparative literature
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Colby Award | Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition | — | Norwich University | Winner |
Colby Award
2016
Work:
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
Organization:
Norwich University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
2015 HistoryA narrative history of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, during which as many as a million people may have lost their lives.
Partition of IndiaViolenceLegacy
Legacy
Author of a prize-winning history on India's Partition; expert on Asian politics and history.