Jeet Thayil

India (b.1959)

Jeet Thayil was born in Kerala, India in 1959 and educated in Hong Kong, New York and Mumbai. He is a performance poet, songwriter and guitarist as well as a writer, and has published four collections of poetry. He currently lives in Bangalore.

Novels

   Narcopolis (2012)
   The Book of Chocolate Saints (2017)
   Low (2020)
   Names of the Women (2021)

Collections

Apocalypso (poems) (2001)
English (poems) (2004)

Anthologies edited

The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (2008)

Awards

The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2012) : Narcopolis

Jeet Thayil recommends

Boats On Land (2012)
Janice Pariat
"Revelatory & original."

Latitudes of Longing (2020)
Shubhangi Swarup
"Intense, lyrical, and powerful ... This is a remarkable debut."

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