Shahnaz Habib

She teaches writing at Bay Path University[1] and The New School,[2] and works as a consultant for the United Nations.

Habib grew up in Kerala, South India and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

Her poem Of Hypocrisy and Cheekbones won the First Prize in the Ninth National Poetry Competition in 2000 organized by The Poetry Society (India) in collaboration with British Council.

[4] Her short story "Something Special About Sayyida" was selected for the anthology 21 under 40.

[11][12] Her English translation of the novel Jasmine Days, from the Malayalam original by the author Benyamin, won the 2018 JCB Prize for Literature,[13][14] which each year recognizes a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer.

4 June 2009 − after his speech A New Beginning at Cairo University , U.S. President Obama , participates in a roundtable interview with among others Jamal Khashoggi , Shahnaz Habib, Bambang Harymurti and Nahum Barnea