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'''Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi''' (born 1977<ref>[http://www.redroom.com/author/siddharth-shanghvi/bio Siddharth Shanghvi Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229025103/http://www.redroom.com/author/siddharth-shanghvi/bio |date=29 December 2010 }} redroom.com.</ref>) is an Indian author. His debut novel ''The Last Song of Dusk'' (2004)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mumbai meri muse: A hundred stories bloom |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-03/mumbai/27152884_1_mumbai-meri-jaan-book-boom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811034530/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-03/mumbai/27152884_1_mumbai-meri-jaan-book-boom |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 October 2004 |first1=Vaishnavi C |last1=Sekhar}}</ref> won the [[Betty Trask Award|Betty Trask Award (UK)]],<ref name=ve/> the [[Grinzane Cavour Prize|Premio Grinzane Cavour in Italy]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Write choice |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/write-choice/articleshow/1017458.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 February 2005 }}</ref> and was nominated for the [[International Dublin Literary Award|IMPAC]] Prize in Ireland. Translated into 16 languages, ''The Last Song of Dusk'' was an international bestseller. Shanghvi's second novel, ''The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay'' (2009)<ref name="in"/> was short-listed for the [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] 2008.<ref>[http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/2008/SiddharthDhanvantShanghvi.html Siddharth Shanghvi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131211119/http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/2008/SiddharthDhanvantShanghvi.html |date=31 January 2010 }} [[Man Asian Literary Prize]]</ref> His third book, ''The Rabbit & The Squirrel'' (2018) with illustrations by Stina Wirsen was described by the ''Hindustan Times'' as an 'instant classic'.<ref>{{cite news |title=Review: The Rabbit & The Squirrel by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-the-rabbit-the-squirrel-by-siddharth-dhanvant-shanghvi/story-eWQCR7TWGqh4WiNPQN1pXN.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=12 October 2018 }}</ref> His acclaimed first work of non-fiction, ''Loss'' (HarperCollins | 2020), is a collection of essays that chart an intimate landscape of death, grief and healing.

Shanghvi has contributed to ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''VOGUE'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', and other publications. He has been voted: ''[[India Today]]''{{'s}} 50 Most Powerful Young Indians; ''The Times of India'''s 10 Global Indians; ''Hindustan Times'': 10 Most Creative Men; ''Sunday Times'' UK: The Next Big Thing; ''New Statesmen'' UK: India's Ten Bright Lights; ''ELLE'' 50 Most Stylish People; ''La Stampa'', Italy: World's 10 Best Dressed Men, ''Men's Health'' Style Icon 2011; ''ELLE'' Style Award 2015. Shanghvi lives in north Goa.

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Juhu]], [[Mumbai]] in a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Sanghvi]] family,<ref>{{cite news|title=Siddharth Shanghvi on sex and his city|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/25slide1-siddharth-shanghvi-on-sex-and-his-city.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=2009-02-25}}</ref> Siddharth's father is businessman, while his grandfather, Arvind Vasavada, a [[psychoanalyst]] and a [[Jungian]] scholar.<ref name=sf>{{cite news |title=It took a bad move and then a broken heart before 'a bloody reject' would release 'Last Song of Dusk.' Now he's a literary rock star |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/26/SIDDHARTH.TMP|publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=26 June 2006 | first=Edward | last=Guthmann}}</ref>

He pursued his [[Master of Arts|MA]] in International Journalism at the [[University of Westminster]], London, where he specialised in Photography in 1999.<ref name=in>{{cite news |title=Never Too Young |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=38971&pn |work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=11 January 2004 }}</ref> His second masters, in mass communications, was from [[San Jose State University]] (MS, Distinction).

==Career==

He wrote his first book "The Last Song of Dusk," at 22, but dropped it when the agent suggested some changes; thereafter he moved to [[Northern California]], having an aunt and uncle in Berkeley, and enrolled in a master's degree in mass communications at [[San Jose State University]]. He graduated in 2002 and the book was finally published in 2004.<ref name=sf/><ref>{{cite news |title=Difficult Loves: First Novel Heavy on Sorrow and Scandal|url=http://www.sfstation.com/the-last-song-of-dusk-by-siddharth-dhanvant-shanghvi-a962 |publisher=[[SF Station]] |date=20 January 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IN THE HEART OF SADNESS |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050204/asp/opinion/story_4323861.asp |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] |date=4 February 2005}}</ref>

Shanghvi has been compared to [[Salman Rushdie]] and [[Vikram Seth]] in his writing styles, especially for using settings of magical realism, and themes such as karma, love and sexuality extensively in ''The Last Song of Dusk''.<ref name=ve>{{cite web |title=Q&A with Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi |url=http://www.verveonline.com/29/life/qna/excerpt.shtml |volume=12 |issue=3 |date=2004 |publisher=Verve |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323185708/http://www.verveonline.com/29/life/qna/excerpt.shtml |archivedate=23 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Succumbing to temptation |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/04/13/stories/2009041350860300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107175847/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/04/13/stories/2009041350860300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 April 2009 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> His essay, ''Hello, Darling'', appeared in 2008 anthology, ''[[AIDS Sutra|AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories From India]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Siddharth Shanghvi writes on AIDS in India|url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-10-01/entertainment/17135661_1_murad-homosexuality-india |publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=1 October 2008 }}</ref>

His second book, ''The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay'' (2009) which had events taken from the [[Murder of Jessica Lall|Jessica Lall murder case]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Famous Last Words |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/famous-last-words/428954/ |work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=28 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003154108/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/famous-last-words/428954/ |archivedate=3 October 2012}}</ref> received mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mumbai in hyperbole: Self-indulgence, clichés and a wild prose style mar this novel set in maximum city |url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/27204818/Mumbai-in-hyperbole.html |publisher=[[Live Mint]] |date=27 February 2009 }}</ref> His third book, ''The Rabbit & The Squirrel'' (2018) with illustrations by Stina Wirsen was described by the ''Hindustan Times'' as an 'instant classic'. His acclaimed first work of non-fiction, ''Loss'' (HarperCollins | 2020), is a collection of essays that chart an intimate landscape of death, grief and healing.

After his father was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, Shanghvi turned to photography.<ref name=black>{{cite news|title=Black & White silences|url=http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2011/feb/300111-siddharth-dhanvant-shangvi-black-and-white-photo-album.htm|accessdate=3 January 2012|newspaper=Mid Day|date=1 February 2011|author=Lalitha Suhasini}}</ref> His photography series ''The House Next Door'', opened at Galleri Kontrast in [[Stockholm]] in 2010. In early 2011 it was shown at the Matthieu Foss Gallery, Bombay<ref name=black/> and later at Delhi's eponymous Vadehra Art Gallery. Referring to this body of work [[Salman Rushdie]] (author of ''[[Midnight's Children]]'') said, "These pictures touched me deeply. They are at once intimate and clear-sightedly objective, precise and affectionate. The quietness of their world is the silence of memory and sorrow, but there is, too, considerable artistry in the composition, and a joy taken in detail, and character, and place."{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

==Works==
* ''Last Song of Dusk'', Penguin India, 2004. {{ISBN|0-14-303341-7}}.
* ''Hello, Darling'', ''[[AIDS Sutra|AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories From India]]'' (2008)
* ''The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay'', Penguin India, 2009. {{ISBN|0-670-08175-2}}.
* ''The Rabbit & the Squirrel'', Penguin India, 2018. {{ISBN|9780670091744}}.
* ''Loss'', HarperCollins ''Publishers'' India, 2020. {{ISBN|9789353575984}}.

==References==
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* [http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?228700 The Same Difference, Just Chill by Siddharth Shanghvi ] at ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''

==External links==
* [http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2009/feb/240209-Siddharth-Dhanvant-Shanghvi-authors-books-The-Lost-Flamingoes-of-Bombay-Homosexuality-People.htm Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi Interview (2009)] at ''[[MiD DAY]]''

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