Jerry Pinto

Jerry Pinto
Born	1966
Residence	Mumbai
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	journalist, poet

Jerry Pinto (born 1966) is a Mumbai-based Indian writer of poetry, prose and children's fiction in English, as well as a journalist. His noted works include, Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (2006) which won the Best Book on Cinema Award at the 54th National Film Awards, Surviving Women (2000) and Asylum and Other Poems (2003).

Early life and education

Jerry Pinto is a Roman Catholic of Goan origin, and grew up in Mahim Mumbai,^[1] later he received a liberal arts degree from Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai, and a law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai.

Career

His 2006 book about actress, Helen titled The Life and Times of an H-Bomb,^[2] went on to win the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 2007.

His collection of poems, Asylum and Other Poems appeared in 2003. He has also co-edited Confronting Love (2005), a book of contemporary Indian love poetry in English. He returned to magazine journalism as a Consulting Editor at Man’s World magazine.^[3] Later, he joined Paprika Media (the publishing house that brings out Time Out Mumbai and Time Out Delhi) to edit their special projects. He is now a free lance journalist, writing articles for the Hindustan Times and Live Mint newspapers, as well as The Man and MW

Books

• Surviving women. Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 0140287159.
• Bombay, meri jaan: writings on Mumbai, with Naresh Fernandes. Penguin Books, 2003.
• Asylum and Other Poems. (Poetry in English). Allied Publishers India., 2003. ISBN 8177645277
• Confronting Love, (edited with Arundhathi Subramaniam ) . (Poetry in English). Penguin Books India., 2005. ISBN 014303264X
• Helen; The Life and Times of An H-Bomb. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2006. ISBN 0143031244.
• Reflected in water: writings on Goa. Penguin Group, 2006. ISBN 0143100815.
• Bollywood posters, with Sheena Sippy. Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN 050028776.

References

1. ^ Rediff Interview / Jerry Pinto March 29, 2006.
2. ^ ‘Helen: The Life and the Times of an H-Bomb’
3. ^ "Who's behind Man's World?". Man’s World. http://mansworldindia.com/newsite/aboutus.asp. 

• About Jerry Pinto and his poems
• Jerry Pinto's book of poems, Asylum, reviewed by Ranjit Hoskote
• Hindustan Times columns by Jerry Pinto.
• Live Mint: columns by Jerry Pinto

External links

• Jerry Pinto's Website

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Name	Pinto, Jerry
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Short description	English language Indian poet,
Date of birth	1966
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