Christopher Raja Explained

Christopher Raja (born 27 September 1974 in Kolkata) is an Australian author of short stories, essays, a play and a novel. He co-authored the play The First Garden with Natasha Raja, which was performed in botanical gardens around Australia and published by Currency Press in 2012.[1] [2] [3] His debut novel, The Burning Elephant was published by Giramondo Publishing in 2015. It was written under a New Work grant awarded by the Literature Board of the Australia Council.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He has been twice shortlisted for the Northern Territory Writers Centre's Chief Minister’s Book of the Year award.[10] Raja migrated from Kolkata to Melbourne in 1986. He has lived and worked in Alice Springs since 2004.

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/05/15/chris-raja-life-after-the-elephant.htmlhttp://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/05/15/it-began-with-an-elephant.htmlhttp://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/five-minutes-playwright-young-adult-fiction-author-chris-raja/

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The first garden / Christopher Raja & Natasha Raja.. 18 March 2017.
  2. Web site: AusStage. 18 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Olive Pink on stage. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2012. 18 March 2017.
  4. Web site: The burning elephant / Christopher Raja. 18 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Burning elephant gives Alice author real wild ride. 18 March 2017.
  6. Web site: Book review: Christopher Raja ratchets up family strain in The Burning Elephant. Mark. Thomas. 6 May 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Book Review: The Burning Elephant by Christopher Raja. 18 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195624/http://www.nswwc.org.au/2015/09/book-review-the-burning-elephant-by-christopher-raja/. 19 March 2017. dead.
  8. Web site: The Burning Elephant, by Christopher Raja. 25 November 2016. 18 March 2017.
  9. Web site: Interview with Chris Raja. 7 December 2015.
  10. Web site: Northern Territory's best-loved India-born Australian writer Christopher Raja.

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