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Priya Basil

Photo credit: Suhrkamp Verlag

Priya Basil

Priya Basil was born in London to a family with Indian roots and grew up in Nairobi. She is an author and essay-writer whose work has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She is the co-founder of Authors for Peace, a political platform for writers and artists. She lives in Berlin.

Priya Basil is published by Canongate

Photo credit: Suhrkamp Verlag

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Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil, 2020

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