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'''Suketu Mehta''' is the New York-based author of ''Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found'', which won the Kiriyama Prize and the Hutch Crossword Award, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, the Lettre Ulysses Prize, the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize, and the Guardian First Book Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/suketu-mehta#/|title=Whiting.org}}</ref> His autobiographical account of his experiences in Mumbai, ''[[Maximum City]],'' was published in 2004.<ref name="npr">[https://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=06-Dec-2004&segNum=2&NPRMediaPref=WM Interview], [[Terry Gross]], ''[[Fresh Air]]'', [[NPR]].</ref> The book, based on two and a half years research,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/feb/06/travel.features</ref> explores the underbelly of the city.<ref name="npr" />


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'''Suketu Mehta''' is the New York-based author of ''Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found'', which won the Kiriyama Prize and the Hutch Crossword Award, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, the Lettre Ulysses Prize, the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize, and the Guardian First Book Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/suketu-mehta#/|title=Whiting.org}}</ref> His autobiographical account of his experiences in Mumbai, ''[[Maximum City]],'' was published in 2004.<ref name="npr">{{Cite web |title=A Writer's Return to Bombay after 20 Years |url=https://freshairarchive.org/segments/writers-return-bombay-after-20-years |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Fresh Air Archive: Interviews with Terry Gross |date=6 December 2004 |language=en}}</ref> The book, based on two and a half years of research,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/feb/06/travel.features|title = Observer review: Maximum City by Suketa Mehta|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 6 February 2005}}</ref> explores the underbelly of the city.<ref name="npr" />
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He has won the O. Henry Prize, as well as a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction. Mehta’s work has been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''National Geographic, Granta'', ''Harper’s'', ''Time'', and ''Newsweek'', and has been featured on NPR’s ''Fresh Air'' [[The New York Review of Books]], <ref>{{cite news|title=In the Violent Favelas of Brazil|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2013/08/15/violent-favelas-brazil/|date=August 15, 2013|first=Suketu|last=Mehta|publisher=[[The New York Review of Books]]}}</ref>Scroll. <ref>{{cite news|title=Around the world, there’s a battle of storytelling about migrants and Muslims. Populists are winning
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|url=https://scroll.in/article/939761/around-the-world-theres-a-battle-of-storytelling-about-migrants-and-muslims-populists-are-winning|date=October 20, 2019|first=Suketu|last=Mehta|publisher=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref> and NPR's ''All Things Considered''. He is currently{{when|date=May 2019}} working on a nonfiction book about immigrants in contemporary New York, for which he was awarded a 2007 Guggenheim fellowship. Mehta has also written original screenplays for films, including ''New York, I Love You'' (2008) and ''[[Mission Kashmir]]''{{when|date=May 2019}} with novelist [[Vikram Chandra (novelist)|Vikram Chandra]].


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He has won a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction. Mehta’s work has been published in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''National Geographic, Granta'', ''Harper’s'', ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=In the Violent Favelas of Brazil|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2013/08/15/violent-favelas-brazil/|date=August 15, 2013|first=Suketu|last=Mehta|publisher=[[The New York Review of Books]]}}</ref> and [[Scroll.in]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Around the world, there's a battle of storytelling about migrants and Muslims. Populists are winning
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His next book ''[[This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto]],'' was published in June 2019.
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|url=https://scroll.in/article/939761/around-the-world-theres-a-battle-of-storytelling-about-migrants-and-muslims-populists-are-winning|date=October 20, 2019|first=Suketu|last=Mehta|publisher=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref> and has been featured on NPR’s ''Fresh Air,'' and NPR's ''All Things Considered''. Mehta has also written original screenplays for films, including ''New York, I Love You'' (2008) and ''[[Mission Kashmir]]''{{when|date=May 2019}} with novelist [[Vikram Chandra (novelist)|Vikram Chandra]].
<ref>https://www.amazon.com/This-Land-Our-Immigrants-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B0796XBPMS</ref>

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His latest book ''[[This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto]],'' was published in June 2019
<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/This-Land-Our-Immigrants-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B0796XBPMS|title = This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto|date = 4 June 2019|publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux}}</ref> under a 2007 Guggenheim fellowship.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mehta was born in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], to [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] parents and raised in [[Mumbai]], where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977.<ref name="npr" /><ref>{{cite news|title=You can’t go home again|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2005/02/you-cant-go-home-again/|date=February 19, 2005|first=Daniel|last=Neill|publisher=[[The Spectator]]}}</ref> He is a graduate of [[New York University]] and the [[University of Iowa Writers' Workshop]].<ref name="npr" />
Mehta was born in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], to [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] parents and raised in [[Mumbai]], where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977.<ref name="npr" /><ref>{{cite news|title=You can't go home again|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2005/02/you-cant-go-home-again/|date=February 19, 2005|first=Daniel|last=Neill|publisher=[[The Spectator]]}}</ref> He is a graduate of [[New York University]] and the [[University of Iowa Writers' Workshop]].<ref name="npr" /> Mehta is a cancer survivor.


Mehta is an Associate Professor of Journalism at [[New York University]]{{when|date=May 2019}} and lives in Manhattan.
Mehta is an Associate Professor of Journalism at [[New York University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/suketu-mehta/ |title=Suketu Mehta |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=New York University |access-date=28 August 2020 }}</ref> and lives in Manhattan with his wife Darshana Narayanan.


==Awards==
==Awards==
{{Unreferenced|section|date=May 2019}}
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*He won a [[Whiting Awards| Whiting Award]] in 1997.
*He won a [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] in 1997.
*He won the [[O. Henry Prize]] for his short story ''Gare du Nord'' published in [[Harper's Magazine]] in 1997.
*He won the [[O. Henry Prize]] for his short story ''Gare du Nord'' published in [[Harper's Magazine]] in 1997.
*He won a Fellowship of the New York Foundation for the Arts.{{when|date=May 2019}}
*He won a Fellowship of the New York Foundation for the Arts.{{when|date=May 2019}}
*He won a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship.
*He won a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship.
*2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for the book ''Maximum City''.
*2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for the book ''Maximum City''.
*''Maximum City'' was also chosen as one of the books of the year 2004 by [[The Economist]].
*''Maximum City'' was also chosen as one of the books of the year 2004 by ''[[The Economist]]''.
*''Maximum City'' won the 2005 [[Kiriyama Prize]].
*''Maximum City'' won the 2005 [[Kiriyama Prize]].


==Works==
==Works==
*{{cite journal |date=15 August 2013 |title=In the Violent Favelas of Brazil |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/aug/15/violent-favelas-brazil/?pagination=false |journal=The New York Review of Books |volume= |issue= |publisher= }}
*{{cite journal |date=15 August 2013 |title=In the Violent Favelas of Brazil |url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/aug/15/violent-favelas-brazil/?pagination=false |journal=The New York Review of Books |last1=Mehta |first1=Suketu |volume=60 |issue=13 }}
* {{cite book|date=2004|title=Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aFYAgAACAAJ&dq=9780670049219&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIwsmdwvXsxwIVijc-Ch2JPQb0|publisher=Knopf|year=|isbn=978-0-67004-921-9|location=|pages=}}
* {{cite book|date=2004|title=Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aFYAgAACAAJ&q=9780670049219|publisher=Knopf|isbn=978-0-67004-921-9}}
*''This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2019. {{ISBN|978-0-37427-602-7}}<ref name="NayarReads">{{cite news |last1=Nayar |first1=Mandira |title=Truth and dare A politically charged year will see equally charged non-fiction reads |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/12/29/truth-and-dare.html |accessdate=14 March 2019 |publisher=The Week |date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
*''This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2019. {{ISBN|978-0-37427-602-7}}<ref name="NayarReads">{{cite news |last1=Nayar |first1=Mandira |title=Truth and dare A politically charged year will see equally charged non-fiction reads |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/12/29/truth-and-dare.html |access-date=14 March 2019 |publisher=The Week |date=29 December 2018}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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===As Writer===
===As writer===


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==See also==
* [[Lists of American writers]]
* [[List of Indian writers]]


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.suketumehta.com Suketu Mehta], official web site.
*[http://www.suketumehta.com Suketu Mehta], official web site.
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 1 May 2024

Suketu Mehta
Mehta at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Mehta at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
NationalityAmerican
Notable awardsKiriyama Prize,
Whiting Award

Suketu Mehta is the New York-based author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, which won the Kiriyama Prize and the Hutch Crossword Award, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, the Lettre Ulysses Prize, the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize, and the Guardian First Book Award.[1] His autobiographical account of his experiences in Mumbai, Maximum City, was published in 2004.[2] The book, based on two and a half years of research,[3] explores the underbelly of the city.[2]

He has won a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction. Mehta’s work has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Granta, Harper’s, Time, Newsweek, The New York Review of Books[4] and Scroll.in,[5] and has been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, and NPR's All Things Considered. Mehta has also written original screenplays for films, including New York, I Love You (2008) and Mission Kashmir[when?] with novelist Vikram Chandra.

His latest book This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto, was published in June 2019 [6] under a 2007 Guggenheim fellowship.

Personal life[edit]

Mehta was born in Kolkata, India, to Gujarati parents and raised in Mumbai, where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977.[2][7] He is a graduate of New York University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.[2] Mehta is a cancer survivor.

Mehta is an Associate Professor of Journalism at New York University[8] and lives in Manhattan with his wife Darshana Narayanan.

Awards[edit]

  • He won a Whiting Award in 1997.
  • He won the O. Henry Prize for his short story Gare du Nord published in Harper's Magazine in 1997.
  • He won a Fellowship of the New York Foundation for the Arts.[when?]
  • He won a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship.
  • 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for the book Maximum City.
  • Maximum City was also chosen as one of the books of the year 2004 by The Economist.
  • Maximum City won the 2005 Kiriyama Prize.

Works[edit]

  • Mehta, Suketu (15 August 2013). "In the Violent Favelas of Brazil". The New York Review of Books. 60 (13).
  • Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. Knopf. 2004. ISBN 978-0-67004-921-9.
  • This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2019. ISBN 978-0-37427-602-7[9]

Filmography[edit]

As writer[edit]

Year Film Director Notes
2000 Mission Kashmir Vidhu Vinod Chopra
2008 8 Mira Nair Segment "How Can It Be?"
New York, I Love You Segment 2

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Whiting.org".
  2. ^ a b c d "A Writer's Return to Bombay after 20 Years". Fresh Air Archive: Interviews with Terry Gross. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  3. ^ "Observer review: Maximum City by Suketa Mehta". TheGuardian.com. 6 February 2005.
  4. ^ Mehta, Suketu (August 15, 2013). "In the Violent Favelas of Brazil". The New York Review of Books.
  5. ^ Mehta, Suketu (October 20, 2019). "Around the world, there's a battle of storytelling about migrants and Muslims. Populists are winning". Scroll.in.
  6. ^ This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ Neill, Daniel (February 19, 2005). "You can't go home again". The Spectator.
  8. ^ "Suketu Mehta". New York University. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  9. ^ Nayar, Mandira (29 December 2018). "Truth and dare A politically charged year will see equally charged non-fiction reads". The Week. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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