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'''Anindita Ghose''' is an Indian author, journalist, and editor based in Mumbai. Her debut novel, ''[[The Illuminated]]'', was published in 2021 in India and internationally in 2023.
'''Anindita Ghose''' is an Indian author, journalist and editor based in Mumbai. Her debut novel ''[[The Illuminated]]'' was first published in the Indian subcontinent by 4th Estate [[Harper Collins]]. Saloni Sharma on ''[[Scroll.in]]'' called it "a perfectly timed book" and "non-performatively political".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/1001625/the-illuminated-a-novel-that-puts-grieving-and-womens-agency-in-conversation-with-each-other |title='The Illuminated': A novel that puts grieving and women's agency in conversation with each other|first=Saloni|last=Sharma|date=1 August 2021|website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref> It has been featured on best fiction lists by ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]'',<ref name="The Telegraph - 27 December 2021">{{cite news |last1=Saha |first1=Shrestha |title=Books that made us sail through 2021 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/lifestyle/books-that-made-us-sail-through-2021/cid/1844942 |access-date=11 December 2022 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] |date=27 December 2021}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/noteworthy-books-by-indian-authors-in-2021-you-must-read-this-new-year/photostory/88734036.cms | title=Noteworthy books by Indian authors in 2021 you must read this New Year | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=6 January 2022 }}</ref> and ''GQ''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gqindia.com/get-smart/content/gqs-best-indian-fiction-list-2021|title=GQ's best Indian fiction of 2021: 21 novels that define this wild year|date=28 September 2021|website=GQ India|accessdate=11 December 2022}}</ref> Peony Hirwani of ''[[The Independent]]'' picked Ghose as one of her nine best upcoming authors from India.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/best-upcoming-authors-india-b1982774.html | title=The 9 best upcoming authors from India, from Rijula das to Shakoor Rather | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=29 December 2021 }}</ref>


==Biography==
Ghose graduated from [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism|Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism]] and began her career as a journalist at ''The Times of India''. She later joined the editorial staff at ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' and then ''Vogue India'',<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-09|title=Jhumpa Lahiri on her new book, a new language and a new land|url=https://www.vogue.in/magazine-story/jhumpa-lahiri-on-her-new-book-a-new-language-and-a-new-land/|access-date=2023-01-11|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN}}</ref> where she covered stories on art, books, and culture and living, before going on to edit the Saturday magazine, ''Mint Lounge''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewritingdesk.net/anindita-ghose|title=Anindita Ghose|website=The Writing Desk|accessdate=11 December 2022}}</ref>
Ghose completed an MA in Linguistics from the University of Mumbai, as well as an MA in Arts & Culture Journalism from the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism|Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism]].<ref name="Kirpal 2021">{{cite news |last1=Kirpal |first1=Neha |title=Anindita Ghose: 'I was interested in exploring how much of women's identities are defined by the men in their lives' |url=https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/interviews/anindita-ghose-amp-lsquo-i-was-interested-in-exploring-how-much-of-women-amp-rsquo-s-identities-are-defined-by-the-men-in-their-lives-amp-rsquo |access-date=10 August 2023 |work=The Punch Magazine |date=September 16, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She began her career as a journalist at ''The Times of India''. She later joined the editorial staff at ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' and then ''Vogue India'', where she covered stories on art, books, and culture and living, before going on to edit the Saturday magazine, ''Mint Lounge''. She lives in Madh Island, a fishing village along the Mumbai coastline.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Biswal |first1=Nikita |title=Anindita Ghose |url=https://www.thewritingdesk.net/anindita-ghose |website=The Writing Desk |access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Modi |first1=Chintan Girish |title=Anindita Ghose on her debut novel The Illuminated: 'It is essentially a novel about shifts in perspective' |url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/anindita-ghose-on-her-debut-novel-the-illuminated-it-is-essentially-a-novel-about-shifts-in-perspective-10499221.html |website=Firstpost |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref>


Her debut novel ''[[The Illuminated]]'' was first published in the Indian subcontinent by 4th Estate [[HarperCollins]] and by [[Head of Zeus |Head of Zeus (Bloomsbury)]] internationally in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lim |first1=Charmaine |title=Book review: The Illuminated is a nuanced exploration of grief and identity |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/book-review-the-illuminated-is-a-nuanced-exploration-of-grief-and-identity |website=The Straits Times |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Anne |title=The Illuminated is an elegant take on the universality of feminism |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/the-illuminated-is-an-elegant-take-on-the-universality-of-feminism-42316559.html |website=Irish Independent |date=29 January 2023 |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref> It was described by ''Call Me By Your Name'' author André Aciman as ‘extraordinary’<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mulji |first1=Priya |title=Shining new light on old practices |url=https://www.easterneye.biz/shining-new-light-on-old-practices/ |website=Eastern Eye |date=19 January 2023 |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref> and Peony Hirwani of ''[[The Independent]]'' picked Ghose as one of her nine best upcoming authors from India.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/best-upcoming-authors-india-b1982774.html | title=The 9 best upcoming authors from India, from Rijula das to Shakoor Rather | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=29 December 2021 }}</ref>
Her journalism has been published in ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghose |first=Anindita |date=2023-02-19 |title=My grandmother’s indulgent recipes show how Indian women express their love |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/19/my-grandmothers-indulgent-recipes-show-how-indian-women-express-their-love |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[The Caravan]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghose|first=Anindita|title=Why India must participate in the Venice Biennale|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/far-pavilions-venice-biennale-india|access-date=2023-01-11|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghose|first=Anindita|date=2022-09-27|title='A friendship stops being intense, but it doesn't stop being strong': Kamila Shamsie|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/interview-kamila-shamsie-eighth-novel-best-of-friends-british-pakistani-writer-anindita-ghose/article65922255.ece|access-date=2023-01-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>, [[Mint (newspaper)|''Mint'']], [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-09|title=Jhumpa Lahiri on her new book, a new language and a new land|url=https://www.vogue.in/magazine-story/jhumpa-lahiri-on-her-new-book-a-new-language-and-a-new-land/|access-date=2023-01-11|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN}}</ref> and [[Kinfolk (magazine)|''Kinfolk'']],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jegsen|first=Cecilie|date=2019-05-07|title=At Work With: Bijoy Jain|url=https://www.kinfolk.com/at-work-with-bijoy-jain/|access-date=2023-01-11|website=Kinfolk|language=en-GB}}</ref> among other places.

Her journalism has been published in ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghose |first=Anindita |date=2023-02-19 |title=My grandmother's indulgent recipes show how Indian women express their love |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/19/my-grandmothers-indulgent-recipes-show-how-indian-women-express-their-love |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[The Caravan]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghose|first=Anindita|title=Why India must participate in the Venice Biennale|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/far-pavilions-venice-biennale-india|access-date=2023-01-11|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]],''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghose|first=Anindita|date=2022-09-27|title='A friendship stops being intense, but it doesn't stop being strong': Kamila Shamsie|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/interview-kamila-shamsie-eighth-novel-best-of-friends-british-pakistani-writer-anindita-ghose/article65922255.ece|access-date=2023-01-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ghose |first1=Anindita |title=Jhumpa Lahiri on her new book, a new language and a new land |url=https://www.vogue.in/magazine-story/jhumpa-lahiri-on-her-new-book-a-new-language-and-a-new-land/ |website=Vogue |date=9 February 2016 |access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> and [[Kinfolk (magazine)|''Kinfolk'']]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jegsen|first=Cecilie|date=2019-05-07|title=At Work With: Bijoy Jain|url=https://www.kinfolk.com/at-work-with-bijoy-jain/|access-date=2023-01-11|website=Kinfolk|language=en-GB}}</ref> among other places.


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
*''First Proof: The Penguin Book of New Writing from India 6'' (anthology), India, Penguin, October 2010, {{ISBN| 9780143415510}}

*''First Proof : The Penguin Book of New Writing from India 6'' (anthology), India, Penguin, October 2010, {{ISBN| 9780143415510}}
*''The Illuminated'', India, 4th Estate [[HarperCollins]], July 2021, {{ISBN|9789354227257}}
*''The Illuminated'', India, 4th Estate [[HarperCollins]], July 2021, {{ISBN|9789354227257}}
*''The Book of Dog'' (anthology), India, [[HarperCollins]], January 2022, ISBN 978-9354893568
*''The Illuminated'', United Kingdom, [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Head of Zeus]], January 2023, {{ISBN| 978-1803289779}}
*''The Illuminated'', United Kingdom, [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Head of Zeus]], January 2023, {{ISBN| 978-1803289779}}


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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSANgF_etew Interview with Jonathan Franzen (video)], March 2022, ''Jaipur Literature Festival''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSANgF_etew Interview with Jonathan Franzen (video)], March 2022, ''Jaipur Literature Festival''
*[https://www.facebook.com/JaipurLitFest/videos/1008348223141302/ In conversation with Shunali Bhullar Shroff (video)], March 2022, ''Jaipur Literature Festival''
*[https://asiasociety.org/video/illuminated-anindita-ghose-conversation-nilanjana-s-roy In conversation with Nilanjana Roy (video)], August 2021, ''Asia Society''


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Anindita Ghose
OccupationAuthor, Journalist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityIndian
Notable worksThe Illuminated
Website
aninditaghose.com

Anindita Ghose is an Indian author, journalist, and editor based in Mumbai. Her debut novel, The Illuminated, was published in 2021 in India and internationally in 2023.

Biography

Ghose completed an MA in Linguistics from the University of Mumbai, as well as an MA in Arts & Culture Journalism from the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.[1] She began her career as a journalist at The Times of India. She later joined the editorial staff at Mint and then Vogue India, where she covered stories on art, books, and culture and living, before going on to edit the Saturday magazine, Mint Lounge. She lives in Madh Island, a fishing village along the Mumbai coastline.[2][3]

Her debut novel The Illuminated was first published in the Indian subcontinent by 4th Estate HarperCollins and by Head of Zeus (Bloomsbury) internationally in 2023.[4][5] It was described by Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman as ‘extraordinary’[6] and Peony Hirwani of The Independent picked Ghose as one of her nine best upcoming authors from India.[7]

Her journalism has been published in The Guardian,[8] The Caravan,[9] The Hindu,[10] Vogue,[11] and Kinfolk[12] among other places.

Bibliography

  • First Proof: The Penguin Book of New Writing from India 6 (anthology), India, Penguin, October 2010, ISBN 9780143415510
  • The Illuminated, India, 4th Estate HarperCollins, July 2021, ISBN 9789354227257
  • The Book of Dog (anthology), India, HarperCollins, January 2022, ISBN 978-9354893568
  • The Illuminated, United Kingdom, Head of Zeus, January 2023, ISBN 978-1803289779

References

  1. ^ Kirpal, Neha (16 September 2021). "Anindita Ghose: 'I was interested in exploring how much of women's identities are defined by the men in their lives'". The Punch Magazine. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ Biswal, Nikita. "Anindita Ghose". The Writing Desk. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Modi, Chintan Girish. "Anindita Ghose on her debut novel The Illuminated: 'It is essentially a novel about shifts in perspective'". Firstpost. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ^ Lim, Charmaine. "Book review: The Illuminated is a nuanced exploration of grief and identity". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Anne (29 January 2023). "The Illuminated is an elegant take on the universality of feminism". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ Mulji, Priya (19 January 2023). "Shining new light on old practices". Eastern Eye. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  7. ^ "The 9 best upcoming authors from India, from Rijula das to Shakoor Rather". Independent.co.uk. 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ Ghose, Anindita (19 February 2023). "My grandmother's indulgent recipes show how Indian women express their love". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. ^ Ghose, Anindita. "Why India must participate in the Venice Biennale". The Caravan. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  10. ^ Ghose, Anindita (27 September 2022). "'A friendship stops being intense, but it doesn't stop being strong': Kamila Shamsie". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ^ Ghose, Anindita (9 February 2016). "Jhumpa Lahiri on her new book, a new language and a new land". Vogue. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  12. ^ Jegsen, Cecilie (7 May 2019). "At Work With: Bijoy Jain". Kinfolk. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

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