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Priya Basil (born 1977 in London, England) is a British author. Her first novel, ''Ishq and Mushq'', was published in 2007.〔() Transworld (Publisher)〕 ''Ishq and Mushq'' is a family saga which illuminates the problem of cultural identity for immigrants over several generations, and raises questions of memory, exile and self-rediscovery. ''Ishq and Mushq'' came second in the World Book Day "Book to Talk About 2008"〔() Book to Talk About 2008〕 competition. The novel was also short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize,〔() Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2008〕 and long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize〔() Dylan Thomas Award 2008〕 and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.〔() IMPAC Award 2009〕 Her second novel, ''The Obscure Logic of the Heart'',〔() Transworld (Publisher)〕 was published in June 2010. It tells the love story between the Muslim Lina and the secular Kenyan architecture student, Anil. The characters are caught in the maelstrom of socio-political problems as they try to negotiate between different loyalities – to family, faith, society and themselves. Priya's novella ''Strangers on the 16:02'' is published on 17 February 2011 as a Quick Read.〔() Quick Reads and Transworld (Publisher)〕 It's a hot crowded train. Helen and Kerm are jammed together in a crowded carriage. Then noisy school kids fill the train—and three of them are about to cause a whole heap of trouble. Catching a train? Read ''Strangers on the 16.02'' and you will never feel the same way about your fellow passengers again. The Quick Reads Initiative publishes once a year a series of 10 short books by best-selling authors and celebrities. With no more than 128 pages, they are designed to encourage adults who do not read or find reading tough to discover the joy of books. They were launched in the UK and Ireland by former Prime Minister Tony Blair on World Book Day 2006. Since then, over 60 titles have been published, over 3 million copies have been sold and 2 million copies have been loaned through libraries. Basil’s work has been translated into Italian,〔() Edizioni Piemme (Publisher)〕 German,〔() Schöffling & Co. (Publisher)〕 Russian,〔() ACT (Publisher)〕 Bulgarian,〔() ICU (Publisher)〕 Brazilian Portuguese,〔() Nova Fronteira (Publisher)〕 Dutch,〔() Arena (Publisher)〕 Croatian,〔() Mozaik / Svijet Knjige (Publisher)〕 and Serbian.〔() Books & Marso (Publisher)〕 In autumn 2014, Priya Basil took up the prestigious Writers' Lectureship at the University of Tübingen. She shared the honour with Chika Unigwe. Taiye Selasi, and Nii Ayikwei Parkes also gave supporting lectures. Basil's other writings have been published in The Guardian, the Asia Literary Review and Lettre International. ==Political work== In 2010, Priya co-founded ''Authors for Peace''.〔() Authors for Peace〕 with the journalist Matthias Fredrich-Auf der Horst. It is intended to be a platform from which writers can actively use literature in different ways to promote peace. The first event by ''Authors for Peace'' took place on 21 September 2010, the UN's International Day of Peace. With the support of the International Literature Festival Berlin,〔() International Literature Festival Berlin〕 Priya hosted a 24hour-live-online-reading by 80 authors〔() List of Peace Day authors〕 from all over the world. The authors read from their work in a gesture of solidarity with those who are oppressed or caught in conflict. In September 2013, Basil signed the German novelist Juli Zeh's Open Letter to Angela Merkel.〔() The Guardian, 20 September 2013〕 The letter criticizes Merkel's poor reaction to the Snowden revelations and demands a more robust response. Priya Basil read this letter aloud in public on the opening day of the International Literature Festival Berlin, as part of the festival's 'Berlin Liest' (Berlin Reads) initiative. Later, she helped organize, and took part in the anti-surveillance protest action 'March on the Chancellory', led by Zeh on 18 September 2013.〔() "Aufmarsch der Autoren", Die Zeit online, 18 September 2013〕 Basil is also one of the initiators of 'Writers Against Mass Surveillance',〔() 10 December 2013〕 a worldwide movement against mass surveillance that was launched on 10 December 2013. Basil is one of the group of seven international writers who wrote the appeal, gathered the first 560 signatures from world-famous writers, and organized the global launch of the appeal.〔() The Guardian, 11 December 2013〕 The other initiators are Juli Zeh, Ilija Trojanow, Eva Menasse, Janne Teller, Isabel Cole and Josef Haslinger. The appeal was published through exclusive deals with leading newspapers in more than thirty countries worldwide, for example in Germany the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,〔() F.A.Z., Demokratie im digitalen Zeitalter, 10 December 2013〕 and is also an online pledge at Change.org which the general public can sign. Basil continues to be active against mass surveillance. She spoke at Re:publica Berlin 2014, and has published essays and articles about the threat mass surveillance poses to democracy and individual freedom, including in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel and the Danish newspaper Politiken. BücherFrauen,〔() BücherFrauen〕 a co-operation of 800 Women from the German Publishing Industry, puts forward an annual list of female candidates for the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. In 2013, 2014 and 2015 Priya Basil was one of the 20-odd recommended writers on a list which included Hannah Arendt, Arundhati Roy, Nawal El Saadawi, Herta Müller and Juli Zeh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Priya Basil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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