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	'''Paro Anand''' is an Indian author of books for [[Children's literature\|children]], [[Young adult literature\|young adults]] and adults including novels, short stories and plays. She won the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/bal%20sahitya%20samman_suchi.jsp\|title=..:: SAHITYA Akademi - Bal Sahitya Puraskar ::..\|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> for her anthology ''Wild Child and Other Stories (''now published as ''"Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/what-the-readers-had-to-say-about-the-award-winning-book-wild-child-and-other-stories/\|title=What the Readers Had to Say About the Award-Winning Book 'Wild Child and Other Stories'\|date=2017-09-06\|website=The Penguin Digest\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/murtaza-ali-khan/writer-paro-anand-on-young-adults-children-in-kashmir-and-putting-sex-in-her-books_a_23229261/\|title=Writer Paro Anand On Young Adults, Children In Kashmir, And Putting Sex In Her Books\|date=2017-10-02\|website=HuffPost India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/i-was-and-remain-an-excellent-liar/article19325723.ece\|title=I was and remain an excellent liar: Paro Anand\|last=Krithika\|first=R.\|date=2017-07-22\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-07-21\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature at the [[National Book Trust\|National Book Trust India]], the apex body for [[children's literature]] in India. She also runs a podcast on ~~HubHopper~~ called ''Literature in Action,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://hubhopper.com/podcast/literature-in-action/9237#Intent;scheme=https;package=android.intent.action.VIEW;end;\|title=Literature in action {{!}} Listen via hubhopper\|website=hubhopper.com\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>'' and was an invitee to the India Conference at the [[Harvard Business School]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/orissa+diary-epaper-oridia/author+paro+anand+at+india+conference+at+harvard+business+school+and+harvard+kennedy+school-newsid-81697264\|title=Author Paro Anand at India Conference at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School - Orissa Diary\|website=Dailyhunt\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>		'''Paro Anand''' is an Indian author of books for [[Children's literature\|children]], [[Young adult literature\|young adults]] and adults including novels, short stories and plays.She did her Bachelor's in Sociology from [[Miranda House]], [[University of Delhi]]. She won the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/bal%20sahitya%20samman_suchi.jsp\|title=..:: SAHITYA Akademi - Bal Sahitya Puraskar ::..\|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> for her anthology ''Wild Child and Other Stories (''now published as ''"Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/what-the-readers-had-to-say-about-the-award-winning-book-wild-child-and-other-stories/\|title=What the Readers Had to Say About the Award-Winning Book 'Wild Child and Other Stories'\|date=2017-09-06\|website=The Penguin Digest\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/murtaza-ali-khan/writer-paro-anand-on-young-adults-children-in-kashmir-and-putting-sex-in-her-books_a_23229261/\|title=Writer Paro Anand On Young Adults, Children In Kashmir, And Putting Sex In Her Books\|date=2017-10-02\|website=HuffPost India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/i-was-and-remain-an-excellent-liar/article19325723.ece\|title=I was and remain an excellent liar: Paro Anand\|last=Krithika\|first=R.\|date=2017-07-22\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-07-21\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature at the [[National Book Trust\|National Book Trust India]], the apex body for [[children's literature]] in India. She also runs a podcast on '''[https://hubhopper.com/ Hubhopper]''' called ''Literature in Action,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://hubhopper.com/podcast/literature-in-action/9237#Intent;scheme=https;package=android.intent.action.VIEW;end;\|title=Literature in action {{!}} Listen via hubhopper\|website=hubhopper.com\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>'' and was an invitee to the India Conference at the [[Harvard Business School]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/orissa+diary-epaper-oridia/author+paro+anand+at+india+conference+at+harvard+business+school+and+harvard+kennedy+school-newsid-81697264\|title=Author Paro Anand at India Conference at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School - Orissa Diary\|website=Dailyhunt\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>

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	== Awards and recognitions ==		== Awards and recognitions ==
	Anand won the [[Sahitya Akademi\|National Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2017 for her collection of short stories, ''Wild Child and Other Stories (now published as "Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she was conferred the [[Kalinga (historical region)\|Kalinga]] [[Karuvaki\|Karubaki]] Award of the Kalinga Literary Festival.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://orissadiary.com/pavan-k-verma-rajendra-kishore-panda-paro-anand-conferred-prestigious-kalinga-literary-awards-2019/\|~~title=Pavan K. Verma, Rajendra Kishore Panda, Paro Anand to be conferred with Prestigious Kalinga Literary Awards of 2019\|last=bureau\|first=Odisha Diary\|~~date=2019-07-17\|website=OdishaDiary\|language=en-US~~\|access-date=2019-07-29~~}}</ref>		Anand won the [[Sahitya Akademi\|National Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2017 for her collection of short stories, ''Wild Child and Other Stories (now published as "Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she was conferred the [[Kalinga (historical region)\|Kalinga]] [[Karuvaki\|Karubaki]] Award of the Kalinga Literary Festival.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-07-17 \|title=Pavan K. Verma, Rajendra Kishore Panda, Paro Anand to be conferred with Prestigious Kalinga Literary Awards of 2019 \|url=https://orissadiary.com/pavan-k-verma-rajendra-kishore-panda-paro-anand-conferred-prestigious-kalinga-literary-awards-2019/ \|access-date=2019-07-29 \|website=OdishaDiary \|language=en-US}}</ref>

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	~~== External links ==~~
	* {{Official website}}
	* [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/paro-anand/ Paro Anand] at [[Penguin India]]

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	Anand won the [[Sahitya Akademi\|National Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2017 for her collection of short stories, ''Wild Child and Other Stories (now published as "Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she was conferred the [[Kalinga (historical region)\|Kalinga]] [[Karuvaki\|Karubaki]] Award of the Kalinga Literary Festival.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://orissadiary.com/pavan-k-verma-rajendra-kishore-panda-paro-anand-conferred-prestigious-kalinga-literary-awards-2019/\|title=Pavan K. Verma, Rajendra Kishore Panda, Paro Anand to be conferred with Prestigious Kalinga Literary Awards of 2019\|last=bureau\|first=Odisha Diary\|date=2019-07-17\|website=OdishaDiary\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>		Anand won the [[Sahitya Akademi\|National Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2017 for her collection of short stories, ''Wild Child and Other Stories (now published as "Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she was conferred the [[Kalinga (historical region)\|Kalinga]] [[Karuvaki\|Karubaki]] Award of the Kalinga Literary Festival.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://orissadiary.com/pavan-k-verma-rajendra-kishore-panda-paro-anand-conferred-prestigious-kalinga-literary-awards-2019/\|title=Pavan K. Verma, Rajendra Kishore Panda, Paro Anand to be conferred with Prestigious Kalinga Literary Awards of 2019\|last=bureau\|first=Odisha Diary\|date=2019-07-17\|website=OdishaDiary\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian author of books}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Paro Anand
| image = Paro anand.jpg
| caption = Anand at a Talking Books event in 2019
| occupation = Novelist
| nationality = Indian
| genre = [[Children's literature]], [[Young adult literature|young adult]]
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puraskar
| website = {{URL|paroanand.com}}
}}
'''Paro Anand''' is an Indian author of books for [[Children's literature|children]], [[Young adult literature|young adults]] and adults including novels, short stories and plays. She won the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/bal%20sahitya%20samman_suchi.jsp|title=..:: SAHITYA Akademi - Bal Sahitya Puraskar ::..|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> for her anthology ''Wild Child and Other Stories (''now published as ''"Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/what-the-readers-had-to-say-about-the-award-winning-book-wild-child-and-other-stories/|title=What the Readers Had to Say About the Award-Winning Book 'Wild Child and Other Stories'|date=2017-09-06|website=The Penguin Digest|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/murtaza-ali-khan/writer-paro-anand-on-young-adults-children-in-kashmir-and-putting-sex-in-her-books_a_23229261/|title=Writer Paro Anand On Young Adults, Children In Kashmir, And Putting Sex In Her Books|date=2017-10-02|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/i-was-and-remain-an-excellent-liar/article19325723.ece|title=I was and remain an excellent liar: Paro Anand|last=Krithika|first=R.|date=2017-07-22|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-21|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature at the [[National Book Trust|National Book Trust India]], the apex body for [[children's literature]] in India. She also runs a podcast on HubHopper called ''Literature in Action,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hubhopper.com/podcast/literature-in-action/9237#Intent;scheme=https;package=android.intent.action.VIEW;end;|title=Literature in action {{!}} Listen via hubhopper|website=hubhopper.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>'' and was an invitee to the India Conference at the [[Harvard Business School]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/orissa+diary-epaper-oridia/author+paro+anand+at+india+conference+at+harvard+business+school+and+harvard+kennedy+school-newsid-81697264|title=Author Paro Anand at India Conference at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School - Orissa Diary|website=Dailyhunt|language=en|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>

== Writing ==
In an interview with ''[[The Hindu]]'', Anand said that she was working as a drama teacher when she realized that there were not many Indian works for Indian students to adapt. "There were only very archaic or Western scripts for performance. I couldn’t find the kind of plays I wanted to do with today's Indian children, so I started writing them and then found there weren’t many storybooks that fitted my brief either. So I started writing those."<ref name=":0" />

Anand's writing covers topics such as communal hatred, failure, sexual abuse and being different, and is often intended for a young audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/even-now-you-get-panchantatra-when-you-ask-for-indian-children-s-literature/story-lNg4LZiTTDOtNqdtMLSXqM.html|title='You still get Panchatantra when you ask for Indian kids' literature'|date=2016-03-28|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

== Translations ==
Anand's book ''No Guns at My Son's Funeral'' made it to the [[International Board on Books for Young People|IBBY]] Honors List of 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibby.org/subnavigation/archives/ibby-honour-list/2006/|title=2006: IBBY official website|website=www.ibby.org|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref> and has been translated into Spanish and German.

== Awards and recognitions ==
Anand won the [[Sahitya Akademi|National Sahitya Akademi]] Bal Sahitya Puraskar in 2017 for her collection of short stories, ''Wild Child and Other Stories (now published as "Like Smoke: 20 Teens 20 Stories")''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she was conferred the [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]] [[Karuvaki|Karubaki]] Award of the Kalinga Literary Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://orissadiary.com/pavan-k-verma-rajendra-kishore-panda-paro-anand-conferred-prestigious-kalinga-literary-awards-2019/|title=Pavan K. Verma, Rajendra Kishore Panda, Paro Anand to be conferred with Prestigious Kalinga Literary Awards of 2019|last=bureau|first=Odisha Diary|date=2019-07-17|website=OdishaDiary|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/paro-anand/ Paro Anand] at [[Penguin India]]

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