| Pankaj Dubey | |
| Birth Date: | 1978 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ranchi, Bihar, India (now in Jharkhand, India) |
| Language: | English, Hindi |
| Education: | Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Masters |
| Alma Mater: | University of Delhi Coventry School of Art and Design |
| Awards: | Youth Icon Award for Social Entrepreneurship, Global Innoventure Award (2018) |
Pankaj Dubey (born on 28 July 1978) is an Indian author, screenwriter, director, producer[1] and social entrepreneur[2] based out of Mumbai.
Dubey's debut novel is called What A Loser! in English and Loser Kahin Ka! in Hindi. Pankaj Dubey is a bilingual author and writes all his titles in both English and Hindi. Pankaj Dubey was selected amongst three Asian authors for the Writer's Residency in Seoul Art Space Yeonhui, Seoul, South Korea, in 2016.[3] [4] [5]
Dubey was born in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and grew up in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, where his father was a professor of English literature.[6] He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Delhi in 1999. He studied law at the university during 1999–2002, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws. He received a master's degree in Applied Communications from Coventry School of Art and Design, West Midlands, England, in 2003.
Pankaj Dubey had a brief background in journalism. He joined BBC World Service in London as a presenter and journalist in 2003. Pankaj Dubey debuted as a novelist with What A Loser![7] in English and Loser Kahin Ka![8] in Hindi in 2014. His second novel, Ishqiyapa: To Hell with Love, was published by Penguin Books India on 17 September 2015.[9]
He has worked as a script supervisor for Disney UTV's 2013 Ghanchakkar, directed by Raj Kumar Gupta. He worked as a script supervisor in Chauranga[10] and he produced the films Geelee (Wet Dreams) and Naach Ganesh (Dance of Ganesha), all directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra. Dubey founded a social organization called Society for the Promotion and Inculcation of Human Aspirations (SPRIHA) in 2002.[11] Dubey made his directorial debut with a short fiction film, Maratha Mandir Theatre (previously titled Maratha Mandir Cinema), in 2018,[12] which was screened at the 71st Festival De Cannes (2018) in France.[13]
Dubey won the Youth Icon Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2010 in Gulbarga, Karnataka, for initiating the Sadak Chhap Film Festival. Pankaj Dubey received the Navodit Lekhak Award from the Government of Delhi's Hindi Academy.[14] Pankaj Dubey was awarded the Lit-O-Fest Award for Creative Leadership in January 2016.[15]