Suketu Mehta Age, Wiki and Bio

Suketu Mehta

Quick Info

ProfessionAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Date of Birth01/01/1963
Age61 years
BirthplaceCalcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India

Bio/Wiki

Profession(s)
  • Author
  • Professor

Physical Stats & More

Height170 cm
Weight80 kg
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorNatural Black

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolCatholic High School, Queens, New York, United States
College/University
  • New York University, New York, United States
  • Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Educational QualificationMasters in Fine Arts (Creative writing)

Personal Life

Date of Birth01/01/1963
BirthplaceCalcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Family

FatherRamesh Mehta (Diamond merchant)
MotherUsha Mehta
Siblings
Sister2
SpouseDarshana Narayanan (works in the field of research)
Children
Son2

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

Some Lesser Known Facts

Suketu Mehta is an Indian-American author and journalist.
He has lived in various places including New York City, Iowa City, New Jersey, France, and London.
He belongs to a family of mercantile wanderers and jewelers.
He published his first nonfiction novel, ‘Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found,’ in 2004.
Suketu Mehta's second novel, ‘This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto,’ was published in 2019.
Suketu Mehta has written articles for various media houses.