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'''''Zero Degree''''' is a [[Post-modernism|postmodern]], [[transgressive fiction|transgressive]], [[lipogram]]matic novel written in 1998 by [[Tamil language|Tamil]] author [[Charu Nivedita]], later translated into [[Malayalam]] and [[English language|English]].<br />
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==Awards and accolades==<br />
*''Zero Degree'' was longlisted for the 2013 edition of [[Jan Michalski Prize for Literature|Jan Michalski Prize]].<ref>[[Jan Michalski Prize for Literature]] 2013 http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/en/prix-jan-michalski/edition-2013/</ref><ref>[[Tarun Tejpal]], one of the juries of Jan Michalski 2013, on Zero Degree http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Synthese_Charu-Nivedita_engl.pdf</ref><br />
*''Zero Degree'' was inducted into the prestigious '50 Writers, 50 Books - The Best of Indian Fiction', published by [[Harper Collins|HarperCollins]].<ref>[[The Hindu]]'s review of 50 Writers, 50 Books - The Best of Indian Fiction http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/the-best-of-indian-fiction/article4890205.ece</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | title=Print Pick | date=2 September 2013 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/print-pick/article5083445.ece | access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref><br />
* ''Zero Degree'' was selected as one of the fifteen incredible Indian novels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mensxp.com/culture/arts/36811-15-lesser-known-yet-incredible-indian-authors-you-should-read-instead-of-chetan-bhagat-durjoy-dutta.html|title = 15 Lesser Known Yet Incredible Indian Authors You Should Read Instead of Chetan Bhagat & Durjoy Dutta|date = 11 May 2017}}</ref> <br />
*[[The Sunday Guardian]] considers Zero Degree an important novel in [[Metafiction]] genre.<ref>[[The Sunday Guardian]] on Zero Degree http://www.sunday-guardian.com/young-restless/metafiction</ref><br />
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==Literary contemporaries on ''Zero Degree''==<br />
*In his foreword to the [[Malayalam]] translation of ''Zero Degree'', [[Paul Zacharia]] wrote, "It is like an open experimental laboratory. Amidst the smoke, noxious vapors, and beautiful imagery, I experienced a wondrous journey."<ref>[[Paul Zacharia]] on Zero Degree http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-11-18/news/27588632_1_novel-tamil-language-dravidian</ref><br />
* [[Tarun Tejpal]] opines that Zero Degree is remarkable for its experimental voice and its varying and shifting tonalities.<ref>http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Synthese_Charu-Nivedita_engl.pdf</ref> <br />
*[[Anil Menon]] considers Zero Degree bold and ambitious. He posits that the ancient fascination with language and reality continues to burst through the crust in Charu Nivedita’s works.<ref>[[Anil Menon]] on Zero Degree http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/11/exclusive_interview_anil_menon/</ref><br />
*Noted translator Jason Grunebaum<ref>About Jason Grunebaum http://salc.uchicago.edu/faculty/grunebaum</ref> considers ''Zero Degree'' wildly exciting and complains that Charu does not write in Hindi, so that he would translate Charu's works to English.<ref>Jason Grunebaum on Charu http://quarterlyconversation.com/the-jason-grunebaum-interview</ref><br />
*Poet Vivek Narayanan<ref>About Vivek Narayanan http://www.brown.edu/academics/literary-arts/writers-online/authors/vivek-narayanan</ref> says about ''Zero Degree'': "I think we should take Zero Degree not just as a playful, ironic “postmodern” novel but as a novel of oppositions and contradictions: a deeply autobiographical novel where the self has been scattered, an ironic pastiche novel that speaks to raw experience, a defiantly cosmopolitan novel than nonetheless pins a very particular kind of schizophrenic rage that perhaps—I could be wrong—any Tamilian will immediately recognise."<ref>Vivek Narayanan's Facebook post on the eve of Almost Island Dialogues 2010 https://www.facebook.com/groups/279757768380/permalink/10150560647983381/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100313012930/http://charuonline.com/blog/?p=180</ref><br />
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==Universities on ''Zero Degree''==<br />
* ''Zero Degree'' was on the curriculum in Spring 2010 in a Comparative World Literature course, taught by Jordan Smith, at [[California State University, Long Beach]] (CSULB).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uglywords.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/on-charu-niveditas-zero-degree-trans-by-pritham-k-chakravarthy-rakesh-khanna/#comment-179|title = On Charu Nivedita's 'Zero Degree' (Trans. By Pritham K. Chakravarthy & Rakesh Khanna)|date = 2 March 2012}}</ref><br />
* [[University of Rochester]] has included ''Zero Degree'' in its translation program.<ref>An article by Chad W. Post in the 'Three Percent Tag', a part of the [[University of Rochester]]'s translation program.http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=1412</ref><ref>An interview of Rakesh Khanna of the Blaft Publications.http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=1911</ref><br />
* The Malayalam translation of ''Zero Degree'' is in the curriculum for postgraduate students at the [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]], [[Kottayam]].<br />
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==Translations==<br />
* ''Zero Degree'' was translated into [[Malayalam]] in 1999 by Dr G.Balasubrahmanian and Dr P.M.Gireesh.<br />
* It was translated into [[English language|English]] in 2008 by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and Rakesh Khanna.<br />
* Further translations into [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Hindi]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are on the anvil.<br />
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==Reviews==<br />
* [http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=hub201208style_as.asp Review of Zero Degree in Tehelka]<br />
* [http://uglywords.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/on-charu-niveditas-zero-degree-trans-by-pritham-k-chakravarthy-rakesh-khanna/ Review of Zero Degree by Pallavi Rao]<br />
* [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQ0gvMjAwOC8xMC8zMSNBcjA1MTAx&Mode=HTML Review of Zero Degree in the Times of India]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100102011110/http://charuonline.com/july08/express.html Review of Zero Degree in The New Sunday Express]<br />
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==Special feature==<br />
Keeping with the numerological theme of ''Zero Degree'', the only numbers expressed in either words or symbols are numerologically equivalent to nine (with the exception of two chapters). This [[oulipo|Oulipian]] ban includes the very common word one (only in Tamil edition).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Constrained writing]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.blaft.com/cp/book_pages/6.pdf An excerpt from Zero Degree]<br />
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