Akhil Sharma
Indian American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1971 · age 55
Akhil Sharma is an Indian-American author and professor of creative writing. His first published novel An Obedient Father won the 2001 PEN/Hemingway Award. His second, Family Life, won the 2015 Folio Prize and 2016 International Dublin Literary Award.
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2015The Writers' PrizeAward2001Asian American Literary AwardsAwardHemingway Foundation/PEN AwardAwardSue Kaufman Prize for First FictionAward1971Born22 July 1971
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Born 1971 · age 55
