Zuni Chopra is an Indian author best known for her novel, The House That Spoke. She has also authored three other books. Chopra is the daughter of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and journalist Anupama Chopra.[1] One of her poems titled, The Mountain Range, that talked about the exam pressure on students, was well received in the Indian media. She is set to major in creative writing at Stanford University in September 2019.[2][3][4][5][6] Zuni was shortlisted for Young Author Awards 2018.[7]

Zuni Chopra
Bornc. 2001 or 2002
OccupationAuthor
Parents
RelativesKamna Chandra (maternal grandmother)
Vikram Chandra (maternal uncle)
Tanuja Chandra (maternal aunt)
Ramanand Sagar (paternal uncle)

Writing edit

Chopra's first book of poetry The Land of Dreams, was published by Ameya Prakashan in 2011. Her second book of poetry, Painting with Words, was published by Ameya Prakashan in 2014.[8] Both books are dedicated to her family.[2]

Chopra's debut novel,The House That Spoke, was published in 2017 by Penguin Random House India when Chopra was 15.[8][2][1] It is dedicated to three of her friends.[2] The book was originally set in London, but after struggling to "breathe life" into the story, she relocated it to Kashmir.[1]

Her second book, The Island of the Day Before, a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poetry, was published in 2018.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Zuni Chopra: It's important for people of my age to find ways to tell stories". Hindustan Times. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Krithika, R. (6 February 2017). "I think in words, not images". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's daughter Zuni on her novel The House That Spoke". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's daughter Zuni Chopra pens poem on exam pressure". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Meet the 15-year-old author of a new book on Kashmir". Vogue. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Zuni Chopra talks about 'The House That Spoke' to BBC World News". Penguin India. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Meet the 15-year-old author of a new book on Kashmir". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b "All Books". Zuni Chopra. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

External links edit

https://www.instagram.com/zunichopra/