Nazir Mansuri

Nazir Mansuri
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	India
Genres	Short Stories,Novel

Nazir Mansuri is a Gujarati novelist and short story writer.

Biography

Nazir Mansuri was born in 1965. He received Katha Award for creative fiction in 1997 for his short story “Bhuthar”.^[1] In 1999, he received Sanskruti Pratishthan Award.^[2] His story “Bhuthar” was selected for The Best of the Nineties’ Fiction brought out by Katha Foundation, Delhi.

He works as a lecturer in a college at Navsari, Gujarat. Many of his stories have been translated into English by Sachin Ketkar,and Hemang Desai. The translations of his stories have appeared in Indian Literature and New Quest.^[3]

Bibliography

Short Story Collections

• Dhal Kachbo,( Published by RR Sheth Ahmedabad, 2002)

Novels

• Chandalchakrao' ( Published by Parshwa Publications, Ahmedabad, 2009) ISBN 978-93-80294-13-1

• Veshpalto' (Published by Parshwa Publications, Ahmedabad, 2009)ISBN 978-93-80294-12-4

Online fiction

• Sea Hawk Trans. Hemang Desai
• The Hyena. Sachin Ketkar

References

1. ^ Katha Prize Blog
2. ^ Sanskriti Award Winners List
3. ^ *Muse India Profile

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Name	Mansuri, Nazir
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