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Annie Zaidi (writer) was born on 1978 in India, is a writer. Discover Annie Zaidi (writer)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 45 years old?

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2019

In 2019, she won the Nine Dots Prize, with a $100,000 cash award to develop her essay Bread, Cement Cactus into a book. Ashish Ghadiali of The Guardian writes the essay is a "haunting evocation of belonging and dislocation in contemporary India" that has delivered her "on to an international platform for the first time in her decade-long career."

In 2019, she published her fiction novel, Prelude to a Riot, which was short-listed for the JCB Prize for Literature.

2018

Annie's play "Untitled-1" won The Hindu Playwright Award 2018. Her play Jaal opened at Prithvi Theatre in January 2012 as part of Writers Bloc:3, a drama festival in Mumbai. Another play, So Many Socks (English), opened at the Prithvi Theatre in September 2012. It was nominated in several categories, including best script, for the META awards. The play was directed by Quasar Padamsee.

2016

In 2016, she directed the short film Decibel that was part of Shor Se Shuruaat, an omnibus of seven short films. She was mentored by film-maker Sriram Raghavan during the making of the movie.

2012

In June 2012, Elle magazine named Zaidi one of the emerging South Asian writers "whose writing we believe will enrich South Asian literature". In 2015, Zaidi published an anthology called Unbound: 2,000 Years of Indian Women's Writing.

2011

She has written for several publications including Caravan, Open, The Hindu, Elle, Forbes India, Femina, Marie Claire, Tehelka and the Deccan Herald. She also wrote a weekly column for DNA (Daily News and Analysis) between 2011 and 2013. Zaidi writes a column for The Hindu and teaches journalism at the OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

A collection of short stories, The Bad Boy's Guide to the Good Indian Girl, was co-authored along with Smriti Ravindra and published by Zubaan Books in 2011. Crush, a series of 50 illustrated poems (in collaboration with illustrator Gynelle Alves) was published in 2007.

A radio play, Jam, was the regional (South Asia) winner for the BBC's International Playwriting Competition 2011.

2010

Annie Zaidi's first collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. Noted journalist and author P. Sainath said of the book: "The stories on dalits in the Punjab easily rank amongst the best done on the subject" and "Above all, it is the quality of the story-telling that grips you. A beautifully written book".

2009

Her first full-length script, Name, Place, Animal, Thing, was shortlisted for The Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award, 2009.

2008

In January 2008, Rouge, a supplement of the Times of India, named Zaidi on a list of Women (under 30) to Watch Out For. In 2013, she wrote "An Open Letter to Honey Singh," criticizing the abusive and objectifying content of Yo Yo Honey Singh's lyrics and videos.

2007

She also writes poetry (Crush, 2007), short stories (The Good Indian Girl, 2011 and Love Story # 1 To 14, 2012), plays (Jam, Jaal etcetera) and has written a novella (Gulab, 2014).

2005

After college, Zaidi began her career as a journalist. She first worked for a website, and then as a reporter for Mid-Day. After two years, she quit for several months to write poetry, but then went to work for Frontline in 2005. While working at Frontline, she also began her blog titled Known Turf, which later became the basis for a published essay collection.

1978

Annie Zaidi (born 1978) is an English-language writer from India. Her novel, Prelude To A Riot, won the Tata Literature Live! Awards for Book of the Year 2020. In 2019, she won The Nine Dots Prize for her work Bread, Cement, Cactus and in 2018 she won The Hindu Playwright Award for her play, Untitled-1. Her non-fiction debut, a collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010.