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{{short description|Indian novelist}}
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| birth_date = 1970
| birth_place = [[Delhi]]
| occupation = Author, Odissi dancer
| nationality = [[India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Amherst College]], [[University of Chicago]]
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'''Radhika Jha''' (born 1970) is an [[India]]n novelist who won the French Prix Guerlain award in 2002 for her first novel, ''Smell''.<ref name="Susijn Agency">{{cite web|title= My Beautiful Shadow|url=http://thesusijnagency.com/RadhikaJha.htm |website=thesusijnagency.com|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Gaea Times">{{cite web|title= Radhika Jha|url=http://news.gaeatimes.com/novelist-radhika-jha-travels-into-the-heart-of-rural-india-245928 |website=news.gaeatimes.com|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Goodreads">{{cite web|title= Author Profile|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/60904.Radhika_Jha |website=www.goodreads.com |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Jha was born in [[New Delhi]] in 1970 and grew up in [[Mumbai]]. She lived in [[Tokyo]] for 6 years and thoroughly immersed herself in all aspects of Japanese culture. She then moved to [[Beijing]] and is now based in [[Athens]] with her ambassador husband and two children.<ref name="Susijn Agency"/>

== Career and Education ==
Jha studied [[anthropology]] at [[Amherst College]], [[Massachusetts]], did her master's degree in [[political science]] at the [[University of Chicago]] and lived in [[Paris]] as an exchange student.<ref name="Susijn Agency"/> Jha is also a trained [[Odissi]] dancer.<ref name="Goodreads"/>

Jha started her career as a journalist and worked for [[Hindustan Times]] and [[BusinessWorld|Business World]] writing on culture, the environment and the economy. She also worked for the [[Rajiv Gandhi Foundation]], where she started up the Interact project for the education of the children of the victims of terrorism in different parts of India.<ref name="Susijn Agency"/>

''Smell'' was her debut novel published in 1999.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite web|title=The Hindu Interview|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/interview-with-writerdancer-radhika-jha/article6471251.ece |website=www.thehindu.com|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==Books==
* ''Smell'', Soho Press 1999 {{ISBN|9781569472415}}
Worldwide publishers include:
Penguin India (original publisher),
Editions Philippe Picquier France,
Neri Pozza Italy,
Arena Holland,
Soho Press USA,
Quartet UK,
Blanvalet/Bertelsmann Germany,
Natur och Kultur Sweden,
Dom Quixote Portugal,
Diigisi Greece,
Fuso Japan,
Ediciones el Cobre Spanish,
Alfa Narodna Knjiga Serbia,
Leaders Publishers Korea,
Editura Leda Romania,
Janet 45 Bulgaria

* ''The Elephant and the Maruti: Stories'', Penguin Books 2003 {{ISBN|9780143030454}}
Worldwide publishers include:
Penguin India,
Arena Holland,
Neri Pozza Italy,
Editions Philippe Picquier France,
Dom Quixote Portugal,
Defne Yayinevi Turkey

* ''Lanterns on their horns'', 2009 {{ISBN|9781905636655}}
Worldwide publishers include:
HarperCollins India,
Editions Philippe Picquier France,
Neri Pozza Italy,
Beautiful Books UK (rights reverted),
House of Books Netherlands

* ''My Beautiful Shadow'', HarperCollins 2014 {{ISBN|978-1-909762-47-3}}
Worldwide publishers include:
HarperCollins India,
Editions Philippe Picquier France,
Sellerio Editore Italy,
AST Russia,
Alianza Spain & Latin America,
[[Jacaranda Books]] UK

== References ==

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