Jahnavi Barua

Jahnavi Barua (Assamese: জাহ্নৱী বৰুৱা) is an Indian author from Assam. She is the author of Next Door, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background.

Contents

• What young indian women want 1 devapriya roy sangeeta bandyopadhyay jash sen jahnavi barua
• The enduring magic of the short story kr meera murzban shroff vivek shanbhag with jahnavi barua
• Awards
• References

She lives in Bangalore, and is a doctor. She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom.

Awards

2012 Commonwealth Book Prize shortlist

2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, shortlist, Rebirth

2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, longlist.

2006 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers (Second prize, Children's fiction category).

2005 Short Fiction contest hosted by Unisun Publishers

Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing