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Samrat Upadhyay
Nepalese-American author (born )
Samrat Upadhyay (Nepali: सम्राट उपाध्याय) (born )[1][2] is a Nepalese foaled American litt‚rateur who writes in Arts. Upadhyay progression a academic of original writing arena has at one time served likewise the Executive of description Creative Handwriting Program console Indiana University.[3] He enquiry the be in first place Nepali-born falsehood writer script in Nation to enter published overload the West.[4] He was born ground raised suggestion Kathmandu, Nepal, and came to depiction United States in uncertain the get up of twenty-one. He lives with his wife lecture daughter elaborate Bloomington, Indiana.
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Selected texts
[edit]Arresting Divinity in Kathmandu ()
[edit]Main article: Arresting Deity in Kathmandu
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Department of English
Education
- Ph.D., University of Hawaii,
About Samrat Upadhyay
Samrat Upadhyay () is the first Nepali-born fiction writer to be published in the United States. His debut short story collection Arresting God in Kathmandu was the winner of the Whiting Writers Award and his second short story collection, The Royal Ghosts, won the Asian American Literary Award. His first novel, The Guru of Love, was a New York Times Notable Book while his second novel, Buddhas Orphans, was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. His novel, The City Son, was longlisted for the PEN Open Book award. His latest story collection, Mad Country, has been called brilliant, daring, and memorable by the New York Times Sunday Book Review. It was also a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. He has written for The New York Times and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. He is the Martha C. Kraft Professor of Humanities at Indiana University, where he teaches creative writing.
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Samrat Upadhyays first book, the short story collection ARRESTING GOD IN KATHMANDU (Houghton Mifflin, ) has been translated into French and Greek and was the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award as well as a pick for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great Writers Program. Upadhyays stories have been read live on National Public Radio and published widely as well as in SCRIBNERS BEST OF THE WRITING WORKSHOPS and BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
Upadhyays novel THE GURU OF LOVE (Houghton Mifflin, ) was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year , a San Franciso Chronicle Best Book of , and a BookSense 76 collection. The novel was also a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize, and has been translated into several European languages.
Upadhyays story collection, THE ROYAL GHOSTS (Houghton Mifflin, ), won the Asian American Literary Award, the Society of Midland Authors Book Award, and was declared a Best of Fiction in by the Washington Post. The book was also a finalist for the Frank O’Connor Int’l Short Story Award from Ireland and for the Ohioana Book Award.
His second novel, BUDDHAS ORPHANS (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ) has been called powerful and beautifully told by Publishers Weekly, which gives it a starred revie