Madhuri Vijay

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Madhuri Vijay
Born Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater Lawrence University, Iowa Writers' Workshop
GenreNovel
Notable awards Pushcart Prize, JCB Prize
Website
madhurivijay.com

Madhuri Vijay is an Indian author living in Hawaii. She is the author of The Far Field, which won the second JCB Prize for literature, India's most prestigious literary award. [1]

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Early life

Vijay was born and grew up in Bangalore, India. [2] [3] [1] [4] In 2009, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa [5] from Lawrence University, where she studied psychology and English. [2] After graduation, she received a Watson Fellowship, which took her to South Africa, Malaysia, and Tanzania while studying people from India living in foreign lands. [2] Halfway through the fellowship, she left to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. [1] [2] [3]

Writing

Her debut novel on Kashmir, The Far Field, won the JCB Prize for literature, [3] considered the highest literary award in India. In doing so, she beat out notable writers Perumal Murugan and Manoranjan Byapari. [1] Vijay said she was surprised that the book was even published in India, where publishers were reluctant to take it on due to the "current climate in the country." [1]

She is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and has been longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. [1] Her writing has appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading , Narrative Magazine and Salon , among other publications. [1] Her short story "You Are My Dear Friend", published in August 17, 2020 issue of The New Yorker , was also included in The Best American Short Stories 2021 .

Personal life

As of 2019, Vijay lives in Hawaii, [2] [4] where she teaches English. [1] [3]

Awards

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References

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