Kritika Pandey

Kritika Pandey is an Indian writer, well known for her short story writing. She is the recipient of a 2021 residency grant at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. She is the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize^[1][2][3][4] in 2020, having been shortlisted for the prize in 2018 as well as 2016.

Kritika Pandey
Born	1991 (age 33–34) Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Indian
Education	(BE) Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra; (MFA) University of Massachusetts
Genre	Short story
Notable awards	Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2020)

Notable works

• The Great Indian Tee and Snakes (Short Story) Granta
• Profound Earthly Suffering (Short Story)^[5] BBC Radio 4
• How Do I Talk to My Father About Constellations? (Personal Essay) The Kenyon Review
• The Goddess Who Wants Out (Short Story) The Bombay Literary Magazine
• Thirty-One Things About the Lime of Control (Personal Essay) The Common