Akhil Sharma
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Over de Auteur
Akhil Sharma was born on July 22, 1971 in Delhi, India. He immigrated to the United States when he was eight, and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. He received a B.A. in public policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He then won a Stegner Fellowship to the writing program at toon meer Stanford University, where he won several O. Henry Prizes. Sharma is an assistant professor in the creative writing MFA program at Rutgers University-Newark. He has published stories in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Quarterly, Fiction, the Best American Short Stories anthology, and the O. Henry Award Winners anthology. His short story Cosmopolitan was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 1998 and was made into a 2003 film of the same name, which has appeared on the PBS series Independent Lens. His novels include An Obedient Father and Family Life, which won the 2015 Folio Prize and the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- 1971-07-22
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- India (birth)
USA (residence) - Geboorteplaats
- Delhi, India
- Woonplaatsen
- Edison, New Jersey, USA
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- Princeton University
Stanford University
Harvard Law School - Beroepen
- author
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Whiting Writers' Award (2001)
Granta's Best Of Young American Novelists (2007)
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- 3.6
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The story is full of misery, but the author paints a vivid picture of daily life in poverty-stricken Delhi and the main character, loathsome as he is, does show some depth and intelligence. An Obedient Father was a difficult read due to the subject matter but like driving past a car accident, it was almost impossible to look away. Although written in a light conversational tone, this is a book that is raw and uncompromising as it tells the story of a man’s inner conflict and base desires. The political corruption that it exposes seems quite tame in contrast.… (meer)