Jeet Thayil

Novelist, Author

1959 –

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Who is Jeet Thayil?

Jeet Thayil is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is best known as a poet and is the author of four collections: These Errors Are Correct, English, Apocalypso and Gemini. His first novel, Narcopolis, which won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, was also shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and the Hindu Literary Prize.

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Born
Oct 13, 1959
Kerala
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  • India
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Education
  • Sarah Lawrence College

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on July 23, 2013

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