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About the Author

Vijay Singh is an Indian writer and film-maker living in Paris. After studying History at St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he moved to Paris where he has written extensively for Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, Liberation, Guardian and several other newspapers. He is the author of several highly acclaimed books: La Nuit Piognardee, Whirlpool of Shadows and The River Goddess. His books have been translated into French and other European languages. Many years after he wrote and directed a play, Waiting for Beckett by Godot (1989), he made the award-winning Man and Elephant (1989), a 30’ film, which has been sown on over 100 television channels worldwide. Vijay Singh is also the director of two internationally-acclaimed feature films – Jaya Ganga and One Dollar Curry. Vijay Singh was awarded the Prix Villa Medicis hors les murs for foreign literature in 1990 and Bourse Leonardo de Vinci for screenplay writing. He is currently working on his next feature film adapted from his novel Whirlpool of Shadows.