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| caption = Sarnath Banerjee<br />
| birth_date = 1972<br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
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| notable works = ''[[Corridor (comics)|Corridor]]''<br />''[[The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers]]''<br />
| website = http://www.sarnathbanerjee.net<br />
| subcat = Indian<br />
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'''Sarnath Banerjee''' (born 1972) is an [[People of India|Indian]] [[graphic novelist]], artist, filmmaker and co-founder of the comics publishing house, Phantomville.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Banerjee was born in [[Calcutta]] and lives and works in [[Delhi]], India. He studied image and communication at [[Goldsmiths College]], [[University of London]].<br />
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His first novel, ''[[Corridor (comics)|Corridor]]'' (2004), published by [[Penguin Books]], India, was commissioned as a part of a fellowship awarded by the MacArthur Foundation, Chicago and marketed as India's first [[graphic novel]]. However, ''[[River of Stories]]'', a graphic novel by [[Orijit Sen]] published in 1994, actually holds this honor. His second novel, ''[[The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers]]'', was published in 2007.<br />
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Sarnath has also provided illustrations for novels by other authors. He designed the cover for [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]'s novel, ''[[Weight Loss (novel)|Weight Loss]]''.<br />
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==Gallery of Losers==<br />
Sarnath's project, the Gallery of losers, was on display on billboards across the six Olympic Host Boroughs in [[East London]]. According to him, he came across the idea in [[São Paulo]], Brazil, where he met 1984 Olympics silver medalist Douglas Vierra who almost won the judo gold that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-25/edit-page/32829133_1_loser-public-art-project-artwork |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109035643/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-25/edit-page/32829133_1_loser-public-art-project-artwork |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-01-09 |work=[[The Times of India]] | title=A loser's spirit is not as vulgar as the killer instinct}}</ref> The Frieze Foundation has said that the work "taps into a collective consciousness of sporting near misses - the people who almost made it - and aims to resonate with both local communities and visitors to the [[London]] games".<ref>{{cite news|title=In pictures: Celebrating sporting losers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18979959 | work=BBC News | date=25 July 2012 | access-date=28 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Themes==<br />
Sarnath's graphic works often center on everyday Indian experiences. Often anecdotal and autobiographical in nature, they are imbued with a rich, distinctive sense of humor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowarts.org/nunnery/sarnath-banerjee-conversation|date=2 July 2012}}</ref> Banerjee describes himself as a recorder of a rapidly changing India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/article/sarnath-banerjee-harappa-files-12974.htm}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
===Graphic novels===<br />
*''[[Corridor (comics)|Corridor]]'' (Penguin Books, 2004)<br />
*''[[The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers]]'' (Penguin Books, 2007, {{ISBN|0-14-400108-X}})<br />
*''[[The Harappa Files]]'' (Harper Collins, 2011, {{ISBN|978-93-5029-031-6}}|)<br />
*''[[All Quiet In Vikaspuri]]'' (Harper Collins, 2016, {{ISBN|978-9351775744}}|)<br />
*[[Doab Dil (Graphic novel)|Doab Dil]] (Penguin Books, 2019)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official website|http://www.sarnathbanerjee.net}}<br />
*[http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000066283,00.html Penguin Books page on Sarnath Banerjee]<br />
*[http://www.lowave.com/?language=FR&section=artists&id_artist=105/ DVD with "Bengali Tourist" by Sarnath Banerjee]<br />
* [http://www.literaturfestival.com/archive/participants/authors/2014/sarnath-banerjee?set_language=en Biography] from the Berlin International Literature Festival<br />
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===Interviews===<br />
*[http://sacredmediacow.com/?p=621 New Images and Interview on SacredMediaCow]<br />
*[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100117/Magazine/sundaytimesmagazine_01.html Sarnath says it best graphically ], ''[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]'', 17 January 2010<br />
*[http://graphicshelf.com/sarnath-banerjee-interview/ “The medium of comics allows you to have variable point of views playing around in a single space”]- In conversation with Sarnath Banerjee on GraphicShelf<br />
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[[Category:1972 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian graphic novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian male writers]]<br />
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