Vivek Shanbhag

Bio

Vivek Shanbhag writes in Kannada. He has published five short story collections, five novels and three plays. Vivek was the founding editor of the literary journal Desha Kaala. His critically-acclaimed novel Ghachar Ghochar is translated into 19 languages worldwide. Vivek is the co-translator of U R Ananthamurthy’s book Hindutva or Hind Swaraj into English. Vivek was an Honorary Fellow at the International Writing Program 2016, University of Iowa. He is a Visiting Professor at Ashoka University Delhi, teaching Creative Writing. An engineer by training, Vivek lives in Bangalore.