Shahnaz Habib

Shahnaz Habib is an Indian essayist, fiction writer, travel writer, and translator based in the United States of America. She teaches writing at Bay Path University^[1] and The New School,^[2] and works as a consultant for the United Nations.^[3] In 2018, she received the JCB Prize for Literature.

4 June 2009 − after his speech A New Beginning at Cairo University, U.S. President Obama, participates in a roundtable interview with among others Jamal Khashoggi, Shahnaz Habib, Bambang Harymurti and Nahum Barnea

Biography

Habib grew up in Kerala, South India and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Her poem Of Hypocrisy and Cheekbones won the First Prize in the Ninth National Poetry Competition in 2000 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with British Council.^[4] Her short story "Something Special About Sayyida" was selected for the anthology 21 under 40.^[5] Her essays, travel writing, and criticism have appeared in The Guardian,^[6] The New Yorker,^[7] Afar, the anthology Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers,^[8] and many other publications.^[9][10] Her work has twice been named to the Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction list by the Best American Essays series.^[11][12]

Awards

Her English translation of the novel Jasmine Days, from the Malayalam original by the author Benyamin, won the 2018 JCB Prize for Literature,^[13][14] which each year recognizes a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer.

See also

•  Poetry portal

• Indian English literature
• Indian poetry
• The Poetry Society (India)

Notes

1. "Faculty Directory | Bay Path University". www.baypath.edu. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
2. "Shahnaz Habib - Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
3. "Shahnaz Habib – the AGNI blog". agnimag.wordpress.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
4. "Ninth National Poetry Competition - Prize winning poems".
5. Roy, Anita (10 July 2014). 21 Under 40: New Stories for a New Generation. Zubaan. ISBN 9789383074839.
6. "Shahnaz Habib". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
7. "Shahnaz Habib | The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
8. "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers | PenguinRandomHouse.com". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
9. "About". L a u n d r y. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
10. "Shahnaz Habib | The Guardian, The New Yorker, Mint Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
11. Franzen, Jonathan; Atwan, Robert (4 October 2016). The Best American Essays 2016. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780544812178.
12. Jamison, Leslie; Atwan, Robert (3 October 2017). The Best American Essays 2017. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780544817333.
13. . thejcbprize.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
14. "Meet Shahnaz Habib, whose debut translation has won the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature". scroll.in. scroll.in. Retrieved 13 February 2020.

External links

• PaperPlanes (22/02/2019), Interview : Conversations with men and women of wit, humour and letters
• “Poetry Splash” – Select Indian poems
• “Apropos of Nothing” – Shahnaz Habib in The New Yorker