Daisy Hasan

Daisy Hasan

Daisy Hasan is an Indian-English author from Shillong, Meghalaya and is the author of The To-Let House. It was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008.[1]

Daisy Hasan teaches at the University of Cardiff, Wales. She is a writer and filmmaker, interested in theatre and video films. She writes regularly for national newspapers, acts in street theatre and is currently teaching a course on Bollywood films. [2] She holds a PhD from Swansea University, UK. She is currently engaged in a study of South Asian women’s art in conflict situations at the University of Leeds, UK and is working on her second novel to be set in Britain. [3]

Her book The To-Let House is also shortlisted for The Hindu Best Fiction Award in 2010[4] He will also be partaking in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six where he has written a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible[5]

References

  1. ^ The Homecoming
  2. ^ Tarabooks - Authors page
  3. ^ Jaipur Literature Festival
  4. ^ The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 Shortlist
  5. ^ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/

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