Janice Pariat
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Janice Pariat
Studied English Literature at St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Pariat worked as the Arts Writer at Time Out Delhi, after which she spent time in Shillong writing prose and poetry.
She edited an online literary journal called Pyrta. Her short story collection, Boats on Land, was published by Random House in October 2012.
Janice Pariat is the author of Boats on Land: A Collection of Short Stories (Random House India, 2012). She was awarded the Yuva Puraskar (Young Writer Award) from the Sahitya Akademi (Indian National Academy of Letters) and the Crossword Book Award for fiction in 2013. Her work—including art reviews, cultural features, book reviews, fiction and poetry—has featured in a wide selection of national magazines & newspapers.
She writes a monthly literary column “Paperwallah” for The Hindu BL Ink. In 2014, she was the Charles Wallace Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Currently, she lives in Italy and India. Her first novel Seahorse was published by Vintage Books, Random House India in November 2014
Pariat's online works
Awards
Crossword Book Award 2013 for Fiction
Yuva Puraskar (Young Writer) Award 2013 from Sahitya Academy (Indian National Academy of Letters)
Shortlisted for Shakti Bhatt First Book Award 2013
Longlisted for Frank O’Connor Short Story Award 2013
Longlisted for Tata Literature Live! First Book Award 2013
