Charu Nivedita

Charu Nivedita is the author of more than sixty works in Tamil, ranging from collections of essays to novels, anthologies of poetry to short stories. Known as a postmodern, transgressive writer, he is most intereted in autofiction and metafiction. He is best known for the novel Zero Degree, which was longlisted for the 2013 edition of Jan Michalski Prize for Literature and has found a place in several academic syllabi in India and overseas. His books Marginal Man, To Byzantium: A Turkey Travelogue, Unfaithfully Yours, Morgue Keeper and Towards a Third Cinema have been translated into English and published by independent presses. Charu Nivedita lives in Chennai with his human and animal family.