Tanuj Solanki
Tanuj Solanki is an Indian writer who is the founder of Bombay Literary Magazine and author of Diwali in Muzaffarnagar, Neon Noon, The Machine Is Learning and Manjhi's Mayhem.[1][2] His short fiction, essays, book reviews and op-eds have been featured in publications such as The New Indian Express[3][4], The Caravan[5][6], Scroll.in[7][8], Frontline[9][10] and Granta[11].
Published works
| No. | Name | Publisher | Publishing Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Neon Noon | HarperCollins | July 10, 2016 | [12] |
| 2. | Diwali in Muzaffarnagar | HarperCollins | January 25, 2018 | [13] |
| 3. | The Machine Is Learning | Pan Macmillan | April 2, 2020 | [14] |
| 4. | Manjhi's Mayhem | Penguin India | November 21, 2022 | [15] |
Awards and honors
- Longlisted for Tata Literature Live! First Book Award in Fiction category for Neon Noon[16]
- Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in English for Diwali in Muzaffarnagar[17]
- Longlisted for JCB Prize for The Machine Is Learning[18][19][20][21]
- The Machine Is Learning was listed in "Top 10 fiction books of 2020" by The Hindu[22]
- Manjhi's Mayhem was listed as an interesting book by The Financial Express[23]
References
- ↑ Agrawal, Aarushi (2019-08-08). "Sahitya Akademi awardee Tanuj Solanki on freedom, Article 370, and the irrelevance of the 'apolitical artist'". Firstpost. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ Debnath, Sayari (25 December 2022). "'Read with an intent to learn writing. Write fast. Find three honest readers': Author Tanuj Solanki". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2026-04-24). "Playing in the 'minors' and the problem with measuring Indian writers by global fame alone". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2018-01-15). "One life for a hundred, and two burn in hell". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj. "Conrad in Calcutta". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj. "Muzaffarnagar Diwali". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2017-11-18). "China Miéville's 'October' shows us why revolutions must be studied, not just celebrated or reviled". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2026-05-31). "'I ask the world to be kind to editors at this moment': Literary magazines in the age of AI". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2025-02-26). "The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia: A Legal Thriller Weighed Down by Excessive Dialogue". Frontline. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2026-01-28). "Travel, Trials, and Togetherness: A Family trip from Muzaffarnagar to Kasauli". Frontline. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2025-11-19). "Appropriation". Granta. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2016-07-10). Neon Noon. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-93-5029-695-0.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2018-01-25). Diwali in Muzaffarnagar: Stories. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-93-5277-594-1.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2020-04-02). The Machine is Learning. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-93-89109-47-4.
- ↑ Solanki, Tanuj (2022-11-21). Manjhi's Mayhem. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5492-816-1.
- ↑ "Tata Literature Festival Releases Longlists for Five Book Awards". The Indian Wire. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2019" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi.
- ↑ "Women writers dominate JCB Prize for Literature longlist". The Hindu. 2020-09-02. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ "The Machine is Learning - Tanuj Solanki". JCB Prize. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ "The 2020 JCB Prize for literature longlist is here with an unputdownable list of must-reads". Vogue India. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ Patni, Suhasini (September 2020). "A reader's guide to the ten books on the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 longlist". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ "'The Hindu's choice of top 10 fiction books of 2020". The Hindu. 2020-12-26. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ "On the shelf: Here are some of the e-books that you may find interesting". The Financial Express. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-05.