Karan Mahajan
Karan Mahajan (born April 24, 1984 in Stamford , Connecticut ) is an Indian-American writer, essayist and literary critic. He grew up in New Delhi and lives in Austin, Texas. His first novel, The Universe of the Ahuja Family, was nominated for the Dylan Thomas Prize and appeared in nine countries. His second novel, In the Company of Small Bombs, was shortlisted for the National Book Award 2016 and won numerous prizes. The New York Times voted it one of the "Ten Best Books of the Year". Karan Mahajan has contributed to numerous international publications such as The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , The Believer and The New Yorker . He is on Granta's list of the "Best Young American Novelists" 2017.
Prizes and awards
- 2016: Shortlist National Book Award
- 2016: Muse India Young Writer Award
- 2017: Bard Fiction Prize
- 2017: Young Lions Fiction Award
- 2017: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2017: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction for The Association of Small Bombs
Works
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Family Planning , 2008 (novel)
- The universe of the Ahuja family, by Richard Barth; C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-570-01117-1
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The Association of Small Bombs , 2016 (novel)
- In the company of small bombs, German by Zoë Beck ; CulturBooks Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95988-022-0
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahajan, Karan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian-American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stamford (Connecticut) , United States |