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Akhil Sharma (born July 22, 1971) is an Indian-American author and professor of creative writing. His first published novel An Obedient Father won the 2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award . His second, Family Life , won the 2015 Folio Prize and 2016 International Dublin Literary Award .
Jul 13, 2017 · The author of A Life of Adventure and Delight talks about his stories of corruption, violence, and sexuality in India and America. He reveals how his novels and stories evolved from his earlier works and how he explores different writing styles and themes.
Jul 12, 2022 · The unexpected question was posed by a man I’d just met — the 50-year-old, Delhi-born Indian American novelist, essayist and short-story writer Akhil Sharma — as we stood at the top of the chilly...
Aug 14, 2017 · “‘Anita sometimes reads the newspapers,’ Ma said, and then became quiet at the absurdity of her words,” writes author Akhil Sharma, J.D. ’98, in “If You Sing Like That for Me,” one of eight pieces from his new short-story collection A Life of Adventure and Delight.
Apr 7, 2014 · Akhil Sharma is the author of Family Life, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary Award and the Folio Prize. His writing has appeared...
Jul 29, 2022 · Akhil Sharma on his experience writing his first novel, “An Obedient Father,” and then, after separating from his wife and losing a stable home, rewriting it.
Mar 11, 2018 · Akhil Sharma was born in Delhi in India and emigrated to the USA in 1979. His stories have been published in the New Yorker and in Atlantic Monthly, and have been included in The Best American Short Stories and O. Henry Prize Collections.
