Jeet Thayil
- January 10, 2024
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Jeet Thayil Biography
| Name | Jeet Thayil |
| Birthday | Oct 13 |
| Birth Year | 1959 |
| Place Of Birth | Kerala |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Parents | T. J. S. George |
| Spouse | Shakti Bhatt |
Jeet Thayil is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on October 13, 1959 in Kerala, India.
Thayil was also a guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Atomic Forest in the early 1980s for a brief period.
In 2006 he told the Indian newspaper The Hindu that he had been an alcoholic (like many of the Bombay poets) and an addict for almost two decades: “I spent most of that time sitting in bars, getting very drunk, talking about writers and writing. And never writing. It was a colossal waste. I feel very fortunate that I got a second chance.” These days, he says, the only addictions he has are poetry and coffee. “Coffee’s much easier to get than heroin.”
Jeet Thayil Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jeet Thayil is one of the richest Author from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeet Thayil 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jeet Thayil (born 13 October 1959) is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is best known as a poet and is the author of four collections: These Errors Are Correct (Tranquebar, 2008), English (2004, Penguin India, Rattapallax Press, New York, 2004), Apocalypso (Ark, 1997) and Gemini (Viking Penguin, 1992). His first novel, Narcopolis, (Faber & Faber, 2012), which won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, was also shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize.
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Jeff Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Jeet Thayil celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.
Who is jet Thayil?
Jeet Thayil is the author of four poetry collections, including These Errors Are Correct and English and is the editor of The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets. As a musician and songwriter, he is one-half of the contemporary music project Sridhar/Thayil.
When was Jeet Thayil born?
October 13, 1959 (age 62 years)
Who is the author of These Errors Are Correct?
Jeet Thayil
WHO has received Sahitya Akademi Award for the literary work These Errors
Are Correct?
Kerala-born Thayil , who has previously been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his first novel ‘Narcopolis’, began writing fiction in 2006. His poetry collections include ‘These Errors Are Correct’, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award, and ‘English’, winner of a New York Foundation for the Arts award.
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