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Abhimanyu Acharya

Abhimanyu Acharya

Indian short story writer and playwright

Abhimanyu Acharya (born 24 September 1994) is an Indian short story writer and playwright from Gujarat, India. He received the 2020 Yuva Puraskar for his short story collection Padchhayao Vacche ("Between the Shadows").

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Biography

Abhimanyu Acharya was born on 24 September 1994 in Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. In 2010, he moved to Ahmedabad where he completed his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, and graduated from St. Xavier's College.[1] At present, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, Canada in Comparative literature.[2][3]

Works

Acharya's first short story was published in the Gujarati magazine Navneet Samarpan in 2009. His short story collection, Padchhayao Vacche ("Between the Shadows"), was published by Rangdwar Publication in 2018.[4] His stories deal with themes of love and sexuality, and often combines traditional storytelling with formal experimentation and lyricism.[5][6] In 2022, his short story "Chunni" appeared in The Greatest Gujarati Stories Ever Told, edited by Rita Kothari.[7][3]

His play Roundabout was staged in Gujarat and Karnataka. He directed Madhu Rye's Tell Me The Name Of A Flower in 2018.[2]

Awards

Acharya received the 2020 Yuva Puraskar for his short story collection Padchhayao Vacche[8] for which, he also received Gujarat Sahitya Akademi's Best Book Prize (2020).[9] He received the Sanhita Manch playwriting award for his Hindi play Bhes. He was twice longlisted for TOTO Funds the Arts Award for his English writing.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Joshi, Yogesh, ed. (2016). Gujarati Navlekhan Vartao (Anthology of Gujarati short stories) (in Gujarati). New Delhi: National Book Trust of India. p. 135. ISBN 978-81-237-7790-0.
  2. [2]
    "Abhimanyu Acharya, Author at The Theatre Times". The Theatre Times. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    Kothari, Rita (2022). The Greatest Gujarati Stories Ever Told. New Delhi: Aleph Book Company. p. 226. ISBN 978-93-91047-48-1.
  4. [4]
    "Gujarat Diary". Chitralekha. 27 September 2021. p. 24.
  5. [5]
    Naik, Ila (July–September 2014). Vora, Kamal; Mehta, Naushil (eds.). "Rachanakala No Jadu" રચનાકલાનો જાદુ [The Magic of Narrative Art]. Etad. Mumbai: Kshitij Sanshodhan Prakashan Kendra. pp. 72–74. ISSN 2350-0689.
  6. [6]
    Purohit, Vipul (September 2019). Chauhan, Ajaysinh (ed.). "Book Review: Padchhayao Vacche". Shabdasrishti (in Gujarati). pp. 89–93. ISSN 2319-3220.
  7. [7]
    "HT Picks; New Reads". Hindustan Times. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Yuva Puraskar (2011-2020)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. [9]
    "કચ્છમિત્રમાં પ્રસિદ્ધ થયેલી નવલકથા 'સોન ટેકરી'ને અકાદમીનું ત્રીજું ઇનામ". Kutchmitra. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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