Venita Coelho
Venita Coelho | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Dehra Dun, undivided Uttar Pradesh (now part of Uttarakhand), India |
| Occupation | Writer, director and artist |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | [Loreto Day School, Dharamtala,Kolkata] St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Sophia College for Women, Mumbai |
| Period | First television series written and directed by in 1987 (Head Over Heels). First book published in 2007. |
| Genre | Novel, short story |
| Notable works | Film, television, children's literature. Washer of the Dead and Boy No.32. |
| Notable awards | The Hindu: Good Reads award for best fiction for children 2016. |
| Website | |
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Venita Coelho is an Indian writer, director and artist who lives in Goa.[1][2][3] [4]
Birth, education
Born in Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, Coelho grew up and was educated in Kolkata, where she attended St. Xavier's College. She moved to Mumbai (Bombay), and did her diploma in social communications media from Sophia College[5]
Career: media and books
After working in film and television,[3] she re-located to Goa. She is the author of books[4][6] including Dead As A Dodo, which won The Sahitya Akademi Bal Puruskar for 2020 and The Hindu Good Reads award for best fiction for children 2016.
In films and TV
Her career in television started as an intern at UTV in Mumbai. She has since written, produced and directed shows. She has since worked at Sony Entertainment Television, Endemol India, Nimbus and Cinevistaas Ltd.[3] Coelho has written the daily soap Trikaal and Karan Johar's adaptation of Stepmom, We are Family.[5] She also wrote the script for Jassi Jaisa Koi Nahin in 2003.[2]
Books authored
- Dungeon Tales (Scholastic India)
- Tiger by the Tail (Hachette India) -- Nominated for the Neev Literary Award 2018)[7]
- Boy No. 32[8] (nominated for the Neev Literary Award 2018)[7]
- Soap! Writing and Surviving Television in India (Harper Collins India)
- Dead as Dodo (winner of The Hindu/Good Reads Award for Best Fiction for Children 2016)[7] Winner of The "Sahitya Akademi" "Bal Puruskar" 2020
- Monkey See Monkey Do (nominated for The Hindu/Good Reads Award for the Best Fiction for Children 2017. Nominated for the Neev Literary Award 2018)
- The Washer of the Dead: A Collection of Ghost Stories,[9] called "a ghost folklore from a feminist perspective" (Zubaan/ Penguin India). Recommended by Erica Jong[10] as one of the ten best books on death and dying, this collection of feminist ghost stories was long listed for the Frank O'Connor award.[11]
In art
Coelho works in oils and acrylics on canvas and glass.
Columns and the media
She wrote a column for The Indian Express titled "The Tale of Two Cities", and other columns for The Indian Express, The Asian Age and O Heraldo.
References
- ^ "Author profile". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Venita Coelho – the woman who ran away from Television". Sify. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Venita Coelho". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ a b Kurian, Nimi (2018-03-15). "POWER in her pen". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ a b "When you think out of the box, they fire you". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ ThriftBooks. "Venita Coelho Books | List of books by author Venita Coelho". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ a b c "Neev Literature Festival announces shortlist for 'NEEV Children's Book Awards' - EducationWorld". www.educationworld.in. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "An interview with Venita Coelho, "Boy No. 32" | Jaya's blog". www.jayabhattacharjirose.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "Venita Coelho | Author | Zubaan". zubaanbooks.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "Erica Jong recommends 6 books that deal with death". 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "FOC Award". www.munsterlit.ie. Retrieved 2018-10-22.