Tabish Khair was born in1966 and educated in Gaya, a small town in Bihar, India. He is the acclaimed author of 6 novels--of which Interlink published two: Just Another Jihadi Jane and How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position--and 2 poetry collections. Winner of the All India Poetry Prize, his novels have been shortlisted for more than a dozen major prizes, including the Man Asian, the DSC Prize, and the Encore Prize. An Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, he has been a Leverhulme Guest Professor at Leeds University, UK, and has also been awarded guest professorships or honorary fellowships at Delhi University (India), York University (UK), Cambridge University (UK), and others.

]]> en Tue, 09 20, 2022 05:46 pm Tabish Khair was born in1966 and educated in Gaya, a small town in Bihar, India. He is the acclaimed author of 6 novels--of which Interlink published two: Just Another Jihadi Jane and How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position--and 2 poetry collections. Winner of the All India Poetry Prize, his novels have been shortlisted for more than a dozen major prizes, including the Man Asian, the DSC Prize, and the Encore Prize. An Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, he has been a Leverhulme Guest Professor at Leeds University, UK, and has also been awarded guest professorships or honorary fellowships at Delhi University (India), York University (UK), Cambridge University (UK), and others.

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