{{Short description|Indian writer}} '''Tanuj Solanki''' is an Indian writer who is the founder of ''Bombay Literary Magazine'' and author of ''Diwali in Muzaffarnagar'', ''Neon Noon'', ''The Machine Is Learning'' and ''Manjhi's Mayhem''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agrawal |first=Aarushi |date=2019-08-08 |title=Sahitya Akademi awardee Tanuj Solanki on freedom, Article 370, and the irrelevance of the 'apolitical artist' |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/sahitya-akademi-awardee-tanuj-solanki-on-freedom-article-370-and-the-irrelevance-of-the-apolitical-artist-7126951.html |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Debnath |first=Sayari |title='Read with an intent to learn writing. Write fast. Find three honest readers': Author Tanuj Solanki |url=https://scroll.in/article/1040485/read-with-an-intent-to-learn-writing-write-fast-find-three-honest-readers-author-tanuj-solanki |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Scroll.in |date=25 December 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Published works == {| class="wikitable" |+Works !No. !Name !Publisher !Publishing Date !Ref |- |1. |''Neon Noon'' |HarperCollins |July 10, 2016 |<ref>{{Cite book |last=Solanki |first=Tanuj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXBLDQAAQBAJ |title=Neon Noon |date=2016-07-10 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-93-5029-695-0 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2. |''Diwali in Muzaffarnagar'' |HarperCollins |January 25, 2018 |<ref>{{Cite book |last=Solanki |first=Tanuj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vq5IDwAAQBAJ |title=Diwali in Muzaffarnagar: Stories |date=2018-01-25 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-93-5277-594-1 |language=en}}</ref> |- |3. |''The Machine Is Learning'' |Pan Macmillan |April 2, 2020 |<ref>{{Cite book |last=Solanki |first=Tanuj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWHQDwAAQBAJ |title=The Machine is Learning |date=2020-04-02 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-93-89109-47-4 |language=en}}</ref> |- |4. |''Manjhi's Mayhem'' |Penguin India |November 21, 2022 |<ref>{{Cite book |last=Solanki |first=Tanuj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1WbEAAAQBAJ |title=Manjhi's Mayhem |date=2022-11-21 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5492-816-1 |language=en}}</ref> |}
== Awards and honors ==
* Longlisted for Tata Literature Live! First Book Award in Fiction category for ''Neon Noon''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tata Literature Festival Releases Longlists for Five Book Awards |url=https://thewire.in/books/mumbai-literature-festival-announces-longlists-for-five-book-awards |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=The Indian Wire}}</ref> * Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in English for ''Diwali in Muzaffarnagar''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2019 |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Pressrelease_YP-2019.pdf |website=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref> * Longlisted for JCB Prize for ''The Machine Is Learning''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-09-02 |title=Women writers dominate JCB Prize for Literature longlist |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/women-writers-dominate-jcb-prize-for-literature-longlist/article61710458.ece |access-date=2023-02-05 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Machine is Learning - Tanuj Solanki |url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/longlist2020/index/8011f54b-38fe-4ce7-839e-cc896ca78b52 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=JCB Prize |archive-date=2023-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205075844/https://www.thejcbprize.org/longlist2020/index/8011f54b-38fe-4ce7-839e-cc896ca78b52 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-01 |title=The 2020 JCB Prize for literature longlist is here with an unputdownable list of must-reads |url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/jcb-prize-for-literature-longlist-2020 |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patni |first=Suhasini |title=A reader's guide to the ten books on the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 longlist |url=https://scroll.in/article/971879/a-readers-guide-to-the-ten-books-on-the-rs-25-lakh-jcb-prize-for-literature-2020-longlist |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Scroll.in |date=September 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''The Machine Is Learning'' was listed in "Top 10 fiction books of 2020" by ''The Hindu''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-26 |title='The Hindu's choice of top 10 fiction books of 2020 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/top-10-fiction-books-of-2020/article33411101.ece |access-date=2023-02-05 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> *''Manjhi's Mayhem'' was listed as an interesting book by ''The Financial Express''<ref>{{Cite web |title=On the shelf: Here are some of the e-books that you may find interesting |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/on-the-shelf-here-are-some-of-the-e-books-that-you-may-find-interesting/2758568/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=The Financial Express |date=30 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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