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Pant’s debut collection of short
stories HAPPY BIRTHDAY (Random
House India, 2013) was longlisted for
the world’s biggest short story award:
THE FRANK O'CONNOR
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2014 and
shortlisted for the prestigious
SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD. ONE
AND A HALF WIFE (Westland, 2012)
– her debut novel – won the national
Muse India YOUNG WRITER AWARD
and was shortlisted for the AMAZON
BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AWARD.
Her short stories have been published
in reputed international literary
magazines, as well as in anthologies
like Namita Gokhale's THE
HIMALAYAN ARC.
Pant also won the FON SOUTH ASIA
SHORT STORY AWARD (2016) and
the BHARAT NIRMAN AWARD (2017)
for her writing.
Pant has three upcoming non-fiction
books with top publishers: FEMINIST
RANI (Penguin Random House),
HOLY 100 (Rupa), and HOW TO GET
PUBLISHED (Bloomsbury UK).
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