Vikram Chandra (novelist)

Vikram Chandra (Hindi: विक्रम चन्द्र, vikram candra; born July 23, 1961 in New Delhi ) is an Indian- American author. He was "The five sides of life " as well as his first novel, "Dance of the Gods" Award for his short story collection at the international level with some prestigious awards.

Life

Vikram Chandra was born as the son of a creative family. His mother also worked as a film writer and has written numerous screenplays for Hindi films. His sister Tanuja also acts as a director, while his other sister Anupama as a film critic made ​​a name and also wrote some books. Vikram himself first visited the school in Ajmer, a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. He then decided on the St. Xavier 's College in Bombay, but changed before the completion of his studies at the Pomona College in California.

After he had there existed a degree with honors, he first attended film school at Columbia University. However he got there, the biography of the legendary soldier James Skinner - son of an Indian mother and a British father - in the fingers and then felt the desire to write about this topic even a novel.

So he broke his film studies from mid-way and sought support from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Houston. 1995 his first novel "Red Earth and Pouring Rain" appeared ( German title: "Dance of the Gods" ) and inspired the international book review. His 1997 short story collection published "Love and Longing in Bombay " was showered with praise by the critics.

After he had then organized as co -author of a Bollywood production, he published in 2006 his date last novel " Sacred Games " ( In German only appeared in two parts, later in 2008, also one-volume under the title " The godfather of Bombay " ), which was awarded the 2006 Hutch Crossword Book Award and in 2007 with the Salon Book Award.

Vikram Chandra is married to writer Melanie Abrams and spends his time between Mumbai and Oakland. Both he and his wife teach at the University of California creative writing.

Works

  • Red Earth and Pouring Rain. 1995 Dance of the Gods. German -language translation of Ulrike Seeberger. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-3351028329
  • The five aspects of life. Bombay stories. German -language translation of Ulrike Seeberger. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3351028565
  • The God of Bombay. 1st part in the German translation by Barbara Heller and Kathrin Razum. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3351030919
  • Bombay Paradise. Part 2 in the German translation by Barbara Heller and Kathrin Razum. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3351030926
  • The Godfather of Bombay. German -language translation of Barbara Heller and Kathrin Razum. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3746624839

Screenplays

  • Co- author for the Bollywood film Mission Kashmir - The bloody path of freedom (producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra is his brother in law ), 2002
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