Altaf Tyrewala
Altaf Tyrewala (born January 1977 in Mumbai , India ) is an Indian poet, author and economist who writes in the English language.
Life
Tyrewala went to New York City after graduating , where he studied advertising and marketing. At the Baruch College there , he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in 1995 . In 1999 he returned to Mumbai, where he worked as a software specialist in various companies.
Tyrewala's first publications, having turned entirely to writing since 2002, were short stories. In 2004 he was a participant in the Berlin International Literature Festival | His first novel was published in India in 2005 and has since been printed in several European languages and in Marathi . In 2013 his long poem was published in English and German by the Berlin publishing house Berenberg Verlag: The Ministry of Emotions .
Tyrewala is Muslim and lives in Mumbai. He is currently working on his second novel.
Honors and prizes
- 2011: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Artist grant for a stay in Berlin
Publications
- 2005: No God in Sight , Macadam Page Publications, Mumbai, India 2007, ISBN 978-1-59692-263-1 .
- 2006: No God in Sight , translated by Karin Rausch: Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 978-3-518-41846-8 .
- 2013: English and German, translated by Beatrice Faßbender: The Ministry of Wounded Emotions. Poem . Berenberg Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-937834-67-2 .
Web links
- Biography at Berenberg (de.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ As a revolution, the turning of the wheels is just going through here in FAZ of January 2, 2014, page 26
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tyrewala, Altaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian poet, author and economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mumbai , India |