Jeet Thayil

Jeet Thayil
Jeet Thayil at Goobe's Book Republic, Bangalore.
Jeet Thayil at Goobe's Book Republic, Bangalore.
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Mamalassery, Kerala, India
OccupationAuthor, Journalist, Poet, Musician, Guitarist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materSarah Lawrence College (MFA)
Notable worksThese Errors Are Correct (2008)

Narcopolis (2012)
Collected Poems (2015)

Names of the Women (2021)
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Website
www.jeetthayil.com

Jeet Thayil (born 1959) is an Indian poet,[1] novelist, librettist and musician. He is the author of several poetry collections, including These Errors Are Correct (2008), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award.[2] His first novel, Narcopolis, (2012), won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature,[3] and was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize[4][2] and The Hindu Literary Prize.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Wiriters". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Pathak, Nilima (13 January 2013). "Jeet Thayil: derided at home, loved abroad". Gulf News. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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  6. ^ "Jeet Thayil - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org.