Suketu Mehta (born 1963) is a writer based in New York City. He was born in Calcutta, India, and raised in Bombay where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977. He has attended New York University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His autobiographical account of his experiences with the city of Mumbai, Maximum City, was published in 2004. The book explores the underbelly of the sprawling city. It was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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  • Suketu Mehta (born 1963) is a writer based in New York City. He was born in Calcutta, India, and raised in Bombay where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977. He has attended New York University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His autobiographical account of his experiences with the city of Mumbai, Maximum City, was published in 2004. The book explores the underbelly of the sprawling city. It was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Suketu Mehta also co-wrote the screenplay to the Bollywood film Mission Kashmir with novelist Vikram Chandra. Suketu lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. He is currently working on a book about the New York City immigrant experience. He joined the New York University journalism faculty in 2008.
  • Suketu Mehta (né en 1963 à Calcutta) est un journaliste, écrivain et scénariste indien. Il vit aujourd'hui à New-York. Né dans une famille de joailliers à Calcutta, il a grandi à Bombay avant que ses parents n'émigrent aux USA. Il a poursuit ses études à la New York University ainsi qu'à la Iowa University. Il a publié en 2004 "Bombay Maximum City", enquête à mi-chemin entre le reportage et le récit sur les bas-fonds de Mumbai, il y relate son expérience et ses rencontres à Mumbai. Cet ouvrage a connu un grand succès critique et a terminé finaliste pour le Prix Pulitzer 2005. Il a également participé au scénario de Mission Kashmir de Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
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  • Suketu Mehta (born 1963) is a writer based in New York City. He was born in Calcutta, India, and raised in Bombay where he lived until his family moved to the New York area in 1977. He has attended New York University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His autobiographical account of his experiences with the city of Mumbai, Maximum City, was published in 2004. The book explores the underbelly of the sprawling city. It was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
  • Suketu Mehta (né en 1963 à Calcutta) est un journaliste, écrivain et scénariste indien. Il vit aujourd'hui à New-York. Né dans une famille de joailliers à Calcutta, il a grandi à Bombay avant que ses parents n'émigrent aux USA. Il a poursuit ses études à la New York University ainsi qu'à la Iowa University.
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