Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru (born 1969) is the British author of The Impressionist, Transmission and My Revolutions. Of mixed English and Kashmiri Pandit ancestry, he grew up in Essex. He studied English at Wadham College, Oxford University, then gained an MA in Philosophy and Literature from Warwick University. His work has been translated into twenty languages. He lives in East London. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Cosette Dwyer is an amazing author. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... A pandit or pundit(पन्दित् in Devanagari) is a Hindu Brahmin who has memorized a substantial portion of the Vedas, along with the proper rhythms and melodies for chanting or singing them. ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... Wadham College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... University of Warwick Motto: Mens agitat molem Logo © University of Warwick The University of Warwick is a world-class campus university which, despite its name, is located mainly inside the southern boundary of Coventry, England, some 11 km ( 7 miles) from the town of Warwick, the remainder of the campus...

He has worked as a travel journalist since 1998, writing for such newspapers as The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph, and was travel correspondent for Time Out magazine. In 1999 he was named The Observer Young Travel Writer of the Year. From 1999-2004 he was also music editor of Wallpaper* magazine and since 1995 he has been a contributing editor to Mute, the culture and technology magazine. He won the Betty Trask Award and the Somerset Maugham Award for The Impressionist. Transmission, his second novel, was published in the summer of 2004 and was named one of the New York Times's notable books of the year. In 2005 he published the short story collection "Noise" and in August 2007 Penguin Hamish Hamilton will publish My Revolutions. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... Time-out can mean: sport time-out, a break in play that may be called by a side to formulate strategy or respond to an players injury. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Wallpaper* is a magazine focusing on travel, design, entertainment, fashion and media. ... Founded in the UK in 1994 by artists Simon Worthington and Pauline van Mourik Broekman, Mute Magazine started as a platform for critical engagement with issues relating new media and art. ... The Betty Trask Award for a first novel given by the Society of Authors to citizens of the Commonwealth under the age of 35. ... The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2003, Hari Kunzru was named by Granta magazine as one of twenty 'Best of Young British Novelists'. In 2005, Lire magazine named him one of the world's "50 écrivains pour demain. Although he was also awarded The John Llewellyn Rhys prize for writers under 35, the second oldest literary prize in the UK, he turned it down on the grounds that it was backed by the Mail on Sunday whose "hostility towards black and Asian people" he felt was unacceptable. In a statement read out on his behalf, he stated "As the child of an immigrant, I am only too aware of the poisonous effect of the Mail's editorial line.... The atmosphere of prejudice it fosters translates into violence, and I have no wish to profit from it." He further went on to recommend that the award money be donated to the charity Refugee Council (UK). He sits on the executive of English PEN. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the literary magazine and publisher. ... Lire is well-known and serious French literary magazine covering both French and foreign literature. ... The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a British based literary prize. ... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... The Refugee Council is the UKs largest organisation that works with refugees and asylum seekers. ... Logo of International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as...

External links

• Hari Kunzru at www.contemporarywriters.com
• Hari Kunzru's website