Parul Sehgal
Parul Sehgal is a literary critic whose articles have been published in numerous literary magazines and newspapers. She is also an editor at The New York Times Book Review.[1]
Parul Sehgal was born to Indian parents and she grew up in India, Hungary, the Philippines and Northern Virginia.[2] She studied political science at McGill University.[2] After graduation she returned to Delhi to work at an NGO.[2] She then returned to the US where she earned an MFA from Columbia University, after which she obtained an editing position at Publishers Weekly.[2] She has also authored literary critiques in Bookforum, Slate, Tin House, NPR.org, the Literary Review, O Magazine, The Plain Dealer, The Irish Times, and Time Out New York.
For her work, Sehgal received the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.[3] She won the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum’s OneWorld Prize.[1]
References
- 1 2 Parul Sehgal, About page
- 1 2 3 4 Scott McLemee (January 26, 2011). "Scott McLemee Interviews Balakian Recipient Parul Sehgal". Critical Mass. National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ "For Immediate Release: The National Book Critics Circle Finalists for 2010 Awards", by Barbara Hoffert | Jan-22-2011
External links
- Parul Sehgal, official website.
- Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy, TED talk.