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'''Parul Sehgal''' is an |
'''Parul Sehgal''' (born {{circa|1981}})<ref name="durga"/> is an American [[literary critic]]. She was senior editor and columnist at ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', and in 2017 became one of its team of book critics. As of December 2021, Sehgal is a staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref name=NYorkerContribAutobio>{{cite magazine | author = New Yorker Staff and Sehgal, Parul | date = December 28, 2021 | title = Contributors: Parul Sehgal | magazine = The New Yorker | url = https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/parul-sehgal | access-date=December 28, 2021}}{{third-party inline|date=December 2021}}</ref> She also teaches in the graduate creative writing program at [[New York University]].<ref name=NYorkerContribAutobio/> |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Sehgal was born |
Sehgal was born circa 1981 in [[Northern Virginia]], near [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="durga">{{cite news |last1=Chew-Bose |first1=Durga |date=23 November 2017 |title=The Reading Life with Parul Sehgal, Book Critic at The New York Times |language= |work=[[SSENSE]] |url=https://www.ssense.com/en-us/editorial/culture/the-reading-life-with-new-york-times-book-critic-parul-sehgal |access-date=4 January 2022 |quote=...in person, the 36-year-old critic...}}</ref> Her family moved frequently and, as a child she lived with her parents in [[Delhi]], [[Manila]], and [[Budapest]] before they returned to the United States and Northern Virginia.<ref name="durga"/><ref name=mclemee>{{cite web | last = McLemee|first= Scott |author2=Parul Sehgal | date = January 26, 2011 | title = Scott McLemee Interviews Balakian Recipient Parul Sehgal | work = BookCritics.org | publisher=[[National Book Critics Circle]] Board of Directors | url=https://www.bookcritics.org/2011/01/26/scott-mclemee-interviews-balakian-recipient-parul-sehgal/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815233044/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/scott_mclemee_interviews_balakian_recipient_parul_sehgal |archive-date=2018-08-15}}</ref> Her parents and their families had become refugees during the [[Partition of India]], migrating south into what is now India. Her father was born in [[Shimla]] where his family stopped on the way to [[Punjab]]. Her mother's family settled in [[Amritsar]] and Delhi.<ref name="durga"/> |
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Sehgal studied political science as an undergraduate at [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]].<ref name=mclemee/> After graduating, she moved to Delhi, where she had extended family, to work at an [[NGO]].<ref name=mclemee/> Deciding to change fields, Sehgal entered graduate school after returning to the US, and earned an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from [[Columbia University]].<ref name=mclemee/> She has said this was the beginning of her creative writing.<ref name="durga"/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Seghal settled in New York City to pursue her interest in literature and criticism. She moved up to becoming books editor for [[NPR]],<ref name="NPR An Ode to Envy">{{Cite web |first= |date=February 6, 2015 |title=Parul Sehgal: How Does Envy Help Us Better Understand Ourselves? |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/02/06/379186341/how-does-envy-help-us-better-understand-ourselves |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=NPR}}</ref> and a senior editor at ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref name=mclemee/> In 2012, she became an editor at ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''.<ref name=PompeoVanityFair>{{cite web | last= Pompeo|first=Joe | date = July 27, 2017 | title = Michiko Kakutani, the Legendary Book Critic and the Most Feared Woman in Publishing, Is Stepping Down from ''The New York Times'' | work = [[Vanity Fair (magazines)|Vanity Fair]] | publisher= | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/michiko-kakutani-leaving-the-new-york-times |access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parul Sehgal - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/parul-sehgal |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.nytimes.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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In the US,{{when|date=December 2021}} Seghal secured an editing position at ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref name=mclemee/> She took later positions as a senior editor and columnist at the Sunday ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''.{{when|date=December 2021}}<ref name=PompeoVanityFair>{{cite web | author = Pompeo, Joe | date = July 27, 2017 | title = Michiko Kakutani, the Legendary Book Critic and the Most Feared Woman in Publishing, Is Stepping Down from The New York Times | work = [[Vanity Fair (magazines)|Vanity Fair]] | publisher= | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/michiko-kakutani-leaving-the-new-york-times |access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref> Coincident with the departure of longstanding critic [[Michiko Kakutani]] in 2017, Sehgal was added to ''[[The New York Times]]'' group of book critics.<ref name=PompeoVanityFair/><!--Still there? If not, when did she leave?--> As of July 2021, ''[[Politico]]'' was reporting that Seghal had been named as a staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]', to begin the role in September 2021, <ref name=BadeEtalPolitico/> and would be ending her tenure at the ''New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Parul Sehgal to Leave the 'Times' for the 'New Yorker' |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3329 |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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In July 2017, Sehgal joined the team of book critics established at ''[[The New York Times]]'' after the retirement of [[Michiko Kakutani]], and served into 2021.<ref name=PompeoVanityFair/> In 2021, she left to become a staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Parul Sehgal to Leave the 'Times' for the 'New Yorker' |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3329 |date= July 12, 2021 |access-date=4 January 2022 |work=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=BadeEtalPolitico>{{cite web | last= Bade|first= Rachael; Daniels, Eugene; Palmeri, Tara & Lizza, Ryan | date = July 13, 2021 | title = Playbook: 'Just say we won', WaPo duo goes inside the Trump White House on Election Day [Media Moves subsection] | work = [[Politico.com]] | url = https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/07/13/just-say-we-won-wapo-duo-goes-inside-the-trump-white-house-on-election-day-493549 | access-date = December 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Nast |first=Condé |title=Parul Sehgal |url=https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/parul-sehgal |access-date=2024-04-22 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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As of December 2021, Seghal was also teaching at [[New York University]], in the graduate creative writing program,<ref name=NYorkerContribAutobio/>{{better source|date=December 2021}} and as of this date,{{when|date=December 2021}} she was teaching at [[Columbia University]] and at the [[City University of New York]].{{what|date=December 2021}}{{cn|date=December 2021}} |
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==Awards and recognition== |
==Awards and recognition== |
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Sehgal received the 2010 [[National Book Critics Circle]]'s ''Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing''.<ref>{{cite web | |
Sehgal received the 2010 [[National Book Critics Circle]]'s ''Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing''.<ref>{{cite web | last = Hoffert|first=Barbara | date = January 22, 2011 | title = The National Book Critics Circle Finalists for 2010 Awards | work = BookCritics.org | url = http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/for_immediate_release_the_national_book_critics_circle_finalists_for_2010_a/ | access-date = | archive-date = July 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110705085115/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/for_immediate_release_the_national_book_critics_circle_finalists_for_2010_a | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=mclemee/><ref name=NYorkerContribAutobio/> She won the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum's OneWorld Prize.<ref name="NPR An Ode to Envy" /> In 2021, she was recognized for her criticism by the New York Press Club.<ref name=NYorkerContribAutobio/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=New York Press Club Honors |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/new-york-press-club-honors-2/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=The New York Times Company |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In 2023, Sehgal won the [[The Robert B. Silvers Foundation|Silvers Prize]] for Literary Criticism. The judges wrote: "She exemplifies the virtues of subtlety, surprise, and above all, pleasure...from the smallest of units—the word, the phrase—to the largest: character, perspective, revelation."<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Silvers-Dudley Prize Winners |url=https://silversfoundation.org/2023-silvers-dudley-prize-winners/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=The Robert B. Silvers Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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In November 2017, Sehgal described herself as married with a child.<ref name=NYTthanksgiving17>{{cite news | last = Sehgal|first=Parul | date = November 14, 2017 | title = My Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Wins a Convert | newspaper = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/dining/parul-sehgal-thanksgiving.html | access-date = December 28, 2021}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.ted.com/talks/parul_sehgal_an_ode_to_envy.html Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy], TED talk. |
*[http://www.ted.com/talks/parul_sehgal_an_ode_to_envy.html Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy], TED talk. |
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 Sehgal at the 2015 PEN Literary Awards ceremony | |
| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Book critic, teacher |
Parul Sehgal (born c. 1981)[1] is an American literary critic. She was senior editor and columnist at The New York Times Book Review, and in 2017 became one of its team of book critics. As of December 2021, Sehgal is a staff writer at The New Yorker.[2] She also teaches in the graduate creative writing program at New York University.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Sehgal was born circa 1981 in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.[1] Her family moved frequently and, as a child she lived with her parents in Delhi, Manila, and Budapest before they returned to the United States and Northern Virginia.[1][3] Her parents and their families had become refugees during the Partition of India, migrating south into what is now India. Her father was born in Shimla where his family stopped on the way to Punjab. Her mother's family settled in Amritsar and Delhi.[1]
Sehgal studied political science as an undergraduate at McGill University in Montreal.[3] After graduating, she moved to Delhi, where she had extended family, to work at an NGO.[3] Deciding to change fields, Sehgal entered graduate school after returning to the US, and earned an MFA from Columbia University.[3] She has said this was the beginning of her creative writing.[1]
Career
[edit]Seghal settled in New York City to pursue her interest in literature and criticism. She moved up to becoming books editor for NPR,[4] and a senior editor at Publishers Weekly.[3] In 2012, she became an editor at The New York Times Book Review.[5][6]
In July 2017, Sehgal joined the team of book critics established at The New York Times after the retirement of Michiko Kakutani, and served into 2021.[5] In 2021, she left to become a staff writer at The New Yorker.[7][8][9]
Awards and recognition
[edit]Sehgal received the 2010 National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.[10][3][2] She won the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum's OneWorld Prize.[4] In 2021, she was recognized for her criticism by the New York Press Club.[2][11]
In 2023, Sehgal won the Silvers Prize for Literary Criticism. The judges wrote: "She exemplifies the virtues of subtlety, surprise, and above all, pleasure...from the smallest of units—the word, the phrase—to the largest: character, perspective, revelation."[12]
Personal life
[edit]In November 2017, Sehgal described herself as married with a child.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Chew-Bose, Durga (November 23, 2017). "The Reading Life with Parul Sehgal, Book Critic at The New York Times". SSENSE. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
...in person, the 36-year-old critic...
- ^ a b c d New Yorker Staff and Sehgal, Parul (December 28, 2021). "Contributors: Parul Sehgal". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 28, 2021.[third-party source needed]
- ^ a b c d e f McLemee, Scott; Parul Sehgal (January 26, 2011). "Scott McLemee Interviews Balakian Recipient Parul Sehgal". BookCritics.org. National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Parul Sehgal: How Does Envy Help Us Better Understand Ourselves?". NPR. February 6, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ a b Pompeo, Joe (July 27, 2017). "Michiko Kakutani, the Legendary Book Critic and the Most Feared Woman in Publishing, Is Stepping Down from The New York Times". Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "Parul Sehgal - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Parul Sehgal to Leave the 'Times' for the 'New Yorker'". PublishersWeekly.com. July 12, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ Bade, Rachael; Daniels, Eugene; Palmeri, Tara & Lizza, Ryan (July 13, 2021). "Playbook: 'Just say we won', WaPo duo goes inside the Trump White House on Election Day [Media Moves subsection]". Politico.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nast, Condé. "Parul Sehgal". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Hoffert, Barbara (January 22, 2011). "The National Book Critics Circle Finalists for 2010 Awards". BookCritics.org. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011.
- ^ "New York Press Club Honors". The New York Times Company. July 26, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Silvers-Dudley Prize Winners". The Robert B. Silvers Foundation. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- ^ Sehgal, Parul (November 14, 2017). "My Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Wins a Convert". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy, TED talk.