Natasha Soobramanien
Mauritian author
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Natasha Soobramanien is a British-Mauritian novelist who received the Goldsmiths Prize in 2022 for her novel Diego Garcia.[1][2]
Natasha Soobramanien | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, England |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Notable work | Diego Garcia |
| Awards | Goldsmiths Prize |
Early life
Soobramanien was born and raised in North London to Mauritian parents. She also spent some of her childhood moving around as her father was in the RAF,[3] with stints in Hong Kong and Hastings. She graduated from the University of Hull and the University of East Anglia.[4]
Her debut novel, published in 2012 by Myriad Editions, was Genie and Paul,[5] a re-telling of the 18th-century novel Paul et Virginie written by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.[4] In collaboration with Luke Williams, she wrote the 2022 novel Diego Garcia (published by Fitzcarraldo Editions), which won the Goldsmiths Prize.[6]
