Neel Mukherjee (writer)

Neel Mukherjee (born 1970) is an Indian writer writing in English. His book Past Continuous won the Vodafone-Crossword Book Award in 2008. His book The Lives of Others was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize. It was subsequently awarded to Richard Flanagan for his book The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Education

Mukherjee was educated at Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata. He studied English at Jadavpur University before proceeding to University College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship where he studied English graduating in 1992. He completed his PhD at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in 2001.

Books

• Past Continuous (published 19 January 2008)
• A Life Apart (published 28 January 2010)
• The Lives of Others (published 22 May 2014)

Awards

• 2008 Vodafone Crossword Book Award, English Fiction, Past Continuous
• 2009 GQ (India) Writer of the Year Award, Past Continuous
• 2011 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, shortlist, A Life Apart
• 2014 Encore Award winner for The Lives of Others
• 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist for The Lives of Others

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• "Shortlist Announced for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature". Asia Writes'. Oct 25, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2012. 
• "2014 Winner". Encore Award. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014. 
• "DSC Prize 2016 Finalists". 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.