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Madhuri Vijay

Madhuri Vijay

Madhuri Vijay’s writing has appeared in Best American Nonrequired Reading, Narrative Magazine, Vogue and Elle. Her first novel, The Far Field, won numerous awards, including the 2019 JCB Prize for Literature, the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award and the Crossword Book Award, and was a finalist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Session

THE FAR FIELD

Madhuri Vijay in conversation with Mita Kapur

Madhuri Vijay’s award winning debut novel charts a journey of discovery from Bangalore to the distant and conflicted landscapes of Kashmir. In conversation with Mita Kapur she speaks of the craft of fiction and shares her inspirations and learnings while writing her first book.