Neel Mukherjee | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | India |
| Alma mater | Jadavpur University University College, Oxford Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | A Life Apart, The Lives of Others, |
| Notable awards | Crossword Book Award (2008) Encore Award (2015) |
Neel Mukherjee, FRSL (born 1970) is an Indian English-language writer based in London. He is the author of several critically acclaimed novels. He is also the brother of the television anchor and editor Udayan Mukherjee.
His first novel, Past Continuous, won the Vodafone-Crossword Book Award in 2008 and several more awards when republished in the U.K. in 2010 as A Life Apart. His second novel, The Lives of Others, was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize and won the Encore Award. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.