Antara Dev Sen
Antara Dev Sen | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Spouse | Pratik Kanjilal |
Parent(s) | Amartya Sen Nabaneeta Dev Sen |
Family | Sen family |
Antara Dev Sen (born 1963) is an Indian journalist based in Delhi.
Biography
Antara was born in Cambridge, England and did her schooling in Delhi and later in Kolkata and higher education in India (Kolkata) and United States. Sen also studied at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, Smith College in Massachusetts, United States and at Harvard University. She then joined the Hindustan Times. As a senior editor of the Hindustan Times, she went to Oxford University on a fellowship from the Reuters Foundation. She has also worked with the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group in Calcutta and with The Indian Express in Delhi, where she was senior assistant editor.
On her return to Delhi, she started The Little Magazine and was its founding editor.[1] The magazine predominantly publishes articles on literary themes relating to South Asia. She is also a literary critic and translator, a newspaper columnist and commentator on the media, society, politics, culture and development. She has edited several books including the TLM Short Stories from South Asia series.[2]
Sen is also managing trustee of Pratichi, a trust working on education and health.[3] Further, she is a Guest Editor at Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi's bimonthly English journal.[1]
References
- ^ "About TLM". The Little Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2006.
- ^ "Antara Dev Sen". The DSC prize for South Asian Literature. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Trustees of Pratichi Trust". Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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