Shahnaz Bashir

Shahnaz Bashir
Nationality Indian
Occupation Novelist, Essayist, Academic
Known for The Half Mother & Scattered Souls

Shahnaz Bashir is a Kashmiri novelist based in Srinagar, Kashmir. [1]

Education and Work

He is a university gold medalist in literature and teaches creative journalism and literary reportage at the Central University of Kashmir. [2]

Critical Acclaim

His debut novel The Half Mother , published by Harper Collins, won the Muse India Young Writer Award 2015 and his writings have been compared with Saadat Hasan Manto and Anton Chekov [3]. His second novel Scattered Souls [4] was shortlisted for Best Book - Fiction Award at Tata Lit Live Awards 2017. [5]

Bashir was awarded Shamin Ahmad Shamin Kashmir Times Award in 2007 and Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia awarded him a writer's residency at Zurich. [6]

In 2017, Bashir won The Citizen's 'Talent of the Year award 2017'. [7]

For Kashmiri literature, at this point in time, Bashir believes that there is a lack of institutionalised platform for writers.[8]

Books

  • The Half Mother (2014), ISBN 978-9350097885
  • Scattered Souls (2016), ISBN 9789352641246
  • A clutch of Indian Masterpieces (2016), ISBN 9789382277293
  • Of Occupation and Resistance–Writings from Kashmir (2013), ISBN 9789383260010

References

  1. ↑ Naqushbandi, Ubeer http://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/interviews/i-prefer-writing-to-affect-my-relationship-with-life-at-large-shahnaz-bashir The Punch Magazine Retrieved 30 September 2018
  2. ↑ Academia profile https://www.cukashmir.ac.in/faculty_profile.aspx?sid=39&did=24&pag=558&id=71 Retrieved 30 September 2018
  3. ↑ Writing serious literature is resistance: Shahnaz Bashir https://www.wandemag.com/writing-resistance-shahnaz-bashir/ Wande Magazine Retrieved 30 September 2018
  4. ↑ Acharekar, Janhavi https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/Kashmir-in-13-takes/article16931297.ece The Hindu Retrieved 30 September 2018
  5. ↑ Shahnaz Bashir from Kashmir awarded a residency at Villa Sträuli https://prohelvetia.in/en/shahnaz-bashir-kashmir-awarded-residency-villa-strauli/ Prohelvetia Retrieved 30 September 2018
  6. ↑ Author Shahnaz Bashir awarded Swiss writer’s residency https://kashmirreader.com/2017/12/20/author-shahnaz-bashir-awarded-swiss-writers-residency/ Kashmir Reader Retrieved 30 September 2018
  7. ↑ Novelist Shahnaz Bashir wins “Talent of the Year” Award https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/srinagar-city/novelist-shahnaz-bashir-wins-talent-of-the-year-award/243357.html Greater Kashmir Retrieved 30 September 2018
  8. ↑ http://www.facenfacts.com/NewsDetails/66759/kashmir-lacks-institutionalised-set-up-for-writers:-author-shahnaz-bashir.htm Retrieved 30 September 2018
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