Book Challenge Interview Series: Neelum Saran Gour
Interview with author Neelum Saran Gour, on her body of work over four decades.
The Book Challenge is the first challenge from the Silver Angels Startup School.
The challenge is offered in partnership with Anish Chandy, founder of Labyrinth Literary Agency, and an independent jury of experts. The challenge is open to those over 50 years, and keen to publish their first book in English. It comes with a prize money and support in the journey towards becoming an author. Last date to submit entries is 25th Jan, 2022.
As the second part of the Book Challenge interview series, I had the opportunity to interact with Neelam Saran Gour, an accomplished author and academic. Neelum is the author of five novels, four collections of short stories and one work of literary non-fiction. She has edited a pictorial volume on the history and culture of the city of Allahabad, where she lives and works, and has also translated one of her early novels into Hindi.
In this interview, we explore how Neelum’s childhood of a make-believe world led to a lifelong pursuit and passion for writing, and how different phases in life have, and continue to shape her work.
“We in our silver decade carry such a wealth of detail about a world which is receding into the past or has already vanished except in our collective recall. This is a genuine advantage which writers in their senior years enjoy. We have a many-layered past to source our inspiration and we have a like-minded readership out there because there is nothing quite so heart-warming as shared memories of a lost world.”
Three days to close of entries to the Book Challenge, to know more click here.
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