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{{Autobiography|date=December 2019}}
'''Salik Shah''' is a [[poet]], [[writer]], [[Editing|editor]] and [[publisher]] based out of [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. He is the founding editor and publisher of ''[[Mithila Review]]'', a journal of international [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] established in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/columns/reading-science-fiction-and-fantasy-for-south-asia/|title=Reading Science Fiction and Fantasy for (South) Asia|last=June 2016|first=Salik Shah Issue: 13|date=2016-06-13|website=Strange Horizons|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

His poetry, fiction, and non-fiction has appeared in ''[[Asimov's Science Fiction|Asimov’s Science Fiction]], [[Strange Horizons]], [[Juggernaut Books]],'' ''[[Star*Line]]'', [[Coldnoon: Travel Poetics|''Coldnoon'']], [[Eye to the Telescope (magazine)|''Eye to the Telescope'']], ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus Magazine]]'', among other publications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://salikshah.com/publications/|title=Publications {{!}} SALIK SHAH|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

One of his short stories "Lakhen & Dragonflies" appears in a course syllabus at [[SOAS University of London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/courseunits/155906007.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230142549/https://www.soas.ac.uk/courseunits/155906007.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-30|title=Public Culture in Contemporary Nepal {{!}} 155906007 {{!}} SOAS University of London|date=2019-12-30|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> His debut poetry collection "Khas Pidgin" won the Elgin Award nomination from [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association|Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sfpoetry.com/el/18elgin.html|title=Science Fiction Poetry Association|website=sfpoetry.com|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43158669-khas-pidgin|title=Khas Pidgin|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> His poetry and fiction has also been nominated for Kumaon Literary Festival’s Fellows of Nature and Toto Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://totofundsthearts.blogspot.com/2017/09/toto-awards-2018-for-creative-writing.html|title=Toto Funds the Arts: Toto Awards 2018 for Creative Writing (English): Long-list|date=2017-09-22|website=Toto Funds the Arts|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://salikshah.com/publications/|title=Publications {{!}} SALIK SHAH|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

His interviews have appeared in a number of publications including ''[[Hindustan Times]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/a-host-of-new-digital-literary-magazines-are-giving-a-boost-to-india-s-literary-magazine-culture/story-m3mvcHHS8GxNlxN5bQMqtK.html|title=A host of new digital literary magazines are giving a boost to India’s literary magazine culture|date=2017-01-15|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> ''The Juggernaut,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejuggernaut.com/article?id=6VD2gJoYTc5WmYZSuoGjmo|title=Browning the Future|website=The Juggernaut|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> and ''Samovar.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2018/01/04/interview-salik-shah/|title=Interview: Salik Shah|last=January 4|first=Salik Shah|last2=2018|date=2018-01-04|website=Samovar|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> He has also interviewed several [[Hugo Award|Hugo-winning]] authors for ''Mithila Review,'' including [[Liu Cixin|Cixin Liu]], [[Ken Liu]] and [[Kij Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/liu_01_17/|title=Cixin Liu: Chinese Readers Care About the Whole Humanity|last=Liu|first=Cixin|date=2017-01-09|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/ken_liu_03_16/|title=Ken Liu: "History is both the most scientific of stories"|last=Liu|first=Ken|date=2016-02-28|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/johnson_04_16/|title=Kij Johnson: "I have learned to walk away from failing stories instead of flailing at them."|last=Johnson|first=Kij|date=2016-04-01|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> He has also interviewed award-winning speculative and horror authors [[Glen Hirshberg]], [[Lavie Tidhar]] and [[Usman T. Malik|Usman T Malik]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/hirshberg_08_16/|title=Interview: Glen Hirshberg|last=Shah|first=Salik|date=2016-08-07|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/tidhar_08_16/|title=Interview: Lavie Tidhar|last=Shah|first=Salik|date=2016-08-07|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/usman_malik_03_16/|title=Usman T. Malik: "Fantastika can freshen up contemporary South Asian literature"|last=Malik|first=Usman T.|date=2016-02-26|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

He is a founding member of Plurality University ([[Paris]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.plurality-university.org/team/salik-shah/|title=Salik Shah – Plurality University Network|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> a Future of India Fellow,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://salikshah.com/2018/06/future-of-india-fellow/|title=Future of India Fellow {{!}} SALIK SHAH|last=Shah|first=Salik|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> and [[The Seasteading Institute]] Ambassador to [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seasteading.org/staff/salik-shah/|title=Salik Shah|date=2018-09-10|website=The Seasteading Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

A former advertising professional, he passed out of [[Film and Television Institute of India]] in 2009.[http://salikshah.com/press/] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/salik/status/309229306490527745|title=How to Write Perfect Sentences for Facebook http://www.slideshare.net/salik/how-to-write-perfect-sentences-for-facebook-twitter-linkedin-websites-headlines-brochures-etc … is now Top Presentation of the Day on Slideshare!pic.twitter.com/L5AuR7icSe|last=Shah|first=Salik|date=2013-03-06|website=@salik|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

He grew up in [[Kathmandu]] and [[New Delhi]], and can read, write, translate, and speak in [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]], and [[Nepali language|Nepali]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2017/09/25/after-stonehenge-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9c-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%9b%e0%a4%bf/|title=After Stonehenge {{!}} स्टोनहेन्ज पछि|last=September 2017|first=Salik Shah Issue: 25|date=2017-09-25|website=Samovar|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mithilareview.com/sundar_09_17/|title=Cup of Tea|last=Sundar|first=Naru Dames|date=2017-09-09|website=Mithila Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>[http://salikshah.com/2017/04/deewano-ki-hasti-a-short-film-ft-bhagwati-charan-vermas-poetry/]

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