All India Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1995) Winner
Tabish Khair
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Tabish Khair
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Gaya, India
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Gaya, India → Denmark
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Associate Professor
- Active Years
- 1995-2025
- Affiliations
- Department of English, University of Aarhus
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Encore Award (UK) (The Bus Stopped), Shortlisted for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (The Thing About Thugs), Shortlisted for Man Asian Literary Prize (The Thing About Thugs), Shortlisted for The Hindu Best Fiction Award (The Thing About Thugs), Shortlisted for Vodafone Crossword Book Award (Filming)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Poetry Society All India Poetry Competition | Birds of North Europe | — | The Poetry Society (India) | first prize |
Poetry Society All India Poetry Competition
1995
Work:
Birds of North Europe
Organization:
The Poetry Society (India)
Result:
first prize
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Bus Stopped
2004 NovelA novel shortlisted for Encore Award.
The Thing About Thugs
2010 NovelA novel about thugs, shortlisted for several prizes.
Filming
2007 NovelA love story set against Partition of India and 1940s Bombay film industry.
The Body by the Shore
2022 Sci-Fi NovelA post-pandemic dystopian Sci-Fi novel.
Bibliography
- Where Parallel Lines Meet (2000)
- Babu Fictions (2001)
- The Bus Stopped (2004)
- Other Routes (2006)
- Filming (2007)
- The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness (2009)
- The Thing About Thugs (2010)
- How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position (2012)
- Jihadi Jane (2016)
- The Body by the Shore (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Indian EnglishGothicPostcolonialism
- Recurring Motifs
- OthernessCultural clashesTerrorism
Legacy
Indian-born English-language author based in Denmark, known for postcolonial and gothic-themed works.