Abha Dawesar

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Abha Dawesar (born 1 January 1974[1]) is an Indian-born novelist writing in English. Her novels include Babyji, Family Values, That Summer in Paris, and Miniplanner.[2] Her 2005 novel Babyji won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the Stonewall Book Award.

Biography

Abha Dawesar was born in New Delhi.[3] She moved to the United States to attend Harvard University, where she graduated in 1995.[3]

Before publishing her award-winning second novel, Babyji (2005), Dawesar was working at a global financial services firm in Manhattan. She quit her job to devote her time to writing.[4]

Dawesar has been exhibiting photography, visual, and video art since she was a student at Harvard. Her work has been exhibited at various galleries and museums in the United States and abroad.[5]

In 2010, she wrote part of the screenplay for the film Love and the Cities, directed by Rodrigo Bernardo.[6]

Since 2013, Dawesar has been speaking on issues around digital technology and its effects on social behavior and experience.[7]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

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Personal life

She lives in New York City.[1][3]

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