Annie Zaidi (writer)

Annie Zaidi (born 1978) is an English-language writer from India. Her novel, Prelude To A Riot, won the Tata Literature Live! Awards for Book of the Year 2020.[1] In 2019, she won The Nine Dots Prize for her work Bread, Cement, Cactus[2][3] and in 2018 she won The Hindu Playwright Award for her play, Untitled-1.[4] Her non-fiction debut, a collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010.[5]

She also writes poetry (Crush, 2007), short stories (The Good Indian Girl, 2011 and Love Story # 1 To 14, 2012), plays (Jam, Jaal etcetera) and has written a novella (Gulab, 2014).

  1. ^ "Tata Literature Live: The fest announces its annual awards". The Indian Express. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Annie Zaidi wins The Hindu Playwright Award 2018". The Hindu. 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Indian writer Annie Zaidi wins $100,000 global book prize". The Hindu. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Annie Zaidi wins The Hindu Playwright Award 2018". The Hindu. 10 August 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Ruskin, Upamanyu in Crossword Awards Shortlist" Archived 23 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Outlook (New Delhi), 28 July 2011.