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Akhil Sharma (born July 22, 1971) is an Indian-American author and professor of creative writing. His first published novel An Obedient Father won the 2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award . His second, Family Life , won the 2015 Folio Prize and 2016 International Dublin Literary Award .
Jul 13, 2017 · The author of A Life of Adventure and Delight talks about his stories of corruption, violence, and sexuality in India and America. He reveals how his novels Family Life and An Obedient Father evolved from his short fiction and how he struggled with writing and publishing them.
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Jul 12, 2022 · The unexpected question was posed by a man I’d just met — the 50-year-old, Delhi-born Indian American novelist, essayist and short-story writer Akhil Sharma — as we stood at the top of...
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Jul 12, 2017 · Akhil Sharma: ‘I am an Immigrant’. Akhil Sharma takes his readers into the core of human experience. Nandini Nair | 12 Jul, 2017. An Obedient Father (2000), Family Life (2014), A Life of Adventure and Delight (2017), the very titles of Akhil Sharma’s books hint at the kind of author he is—precise and fuss free.
Apr 7, 2014 · Akhil Sharma is the author of Family Life, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary Award and the Folio Prize. His writing has appeared...
Apr 3, 2014 · Akhil Sharma’s new novel, “Family Life,” charts the lives of a boy and his parents as they struggle with grief and a recent move from India to America.
Akhil Sharma is the author of Family Life, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary Award and the Folio Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Best American Short Stories, and O. Henry Award Stories.
