Allan Sealy

Allan Sealy is an Indian writer. His novel The Everest Hotel: A Calendar was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize.

Biography

Sealy was born in Allahabad, attended La Martiniere College in Lucknow, and then on to St. Stephen's College, Delhi University.
His first novel The Trotter Nama was published in 1990 and tells the story of seven generations of an Anglo-Indian family.

Awards

Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book, Europe and South Asia, in 1990
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991
Crossword Book Award in 1998
Padma Shri in 2012

List of works

The Trotter-Nama: A Chronicle, .Hero: A Fable, .From Yukon to Yukatan: a Western Journey, .The Everest Hotel: A Calendar, .The Brainfever Bird, .Red: An Alphabet .The Small Wild Goose Pagoda: An Almanack .Zelaldinus: A Masque .Asoca: A Sutra .