Suketu Mehta
Author

American Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India

Quick Info

Profession	Author
Nationality	American
Date of Birth	01/01/1963
Age	63 years
Birthplace	Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India

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Bio/Wiki

Profession(s)	Author Professor Journalist

Physical Stats & More

Height	170 cm
Weight	80 kg
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Natural Black

Educational Qualification(s)

School	Catholic High School, Queens, New York, United States
College/University	New York University, New York, United States Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Educational Qualification	Masters in Fine Arts (Creative writing)

Personal Life

Moved to New York at age fourteen in 1977
Returned to Bombay for two years in 1998 to research and write Maximum City

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married

Family

Father	Ramesh Mehta (Diamond merchant)
Mother	Usha Mehta
Siblings	2
Spouse	Darshana Narayanan (works in the field of research)
Children	2
Family Background	Gujarati diamond merchants

Career

First Novel	'Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found' (2004)
Awards	1997: The O. Henry Award for the article ‘Gare du Nord' published in Harper’s Magazine, Whiting Writers’ Award 2005: The Kiriyama Prize for book ‘Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found', Crossword Book Award in the category of English Non-Fiction for book ‘Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found’, Kiriyama Prize and the Hutch Crossword Award for book ‘Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found' 2007: Guggenheim Fellowship for his nonfiction work Whiting Writers’ Award in Fiction and Nonfiction New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction
Current Position	Associate Professor of Journalism at New York University
Second Novel	'This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto' (2019)
Screenplays	'New York, I Love You' (2008) 'Mission Kashmir' (2000)
Publications	The New Yorker The New York Times Magazine National Geographic Granta Harper's Magazine Time Newsweek
Media Appearances	NPR's Fresh Air NPR's All Things Considered
Notable Achievements	Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize Maximum City was a finalist for the Lettre Ulysses Prize Maximum City was a finalist for the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize Maximum City was a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award This Land Is Our Land was named by The Times as one of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2019 and one of the 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Suketu Mehta is an Indian-American author and journalist.
2. He has lived in various places including New York City, Iowa City, New Jersey, France, and London.
3. He belongs to a family of mercantile wanderers and jewelers.
4. He published his first nonfiction novel, ‘Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found,’ in 2004.
5. Suketu Mehta's second novel, ‘This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto,’ was published in 2019.
6. Suketu Mehta has written articles for various media houses.
7. He is an Associate Professor of Journalism at New York University.
8. He wrote original screenplays for films including ‘New York, I Love You’ and ‘Mission Kashmir’.
9. For Maximum City, he spent two years interviewing the city and writing accounts from 3 to 6 a.m.
10. He conducted interviews with gangsters, policemen, bar girls, slumdwellers, and Bollywood directors for Maximum City.
11. He is currently working on a nonfiction book about immigrants in contemporary New York.

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