Preti Taneja is currently professor of world literature and creative writing at Newcastle University.
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11 Facts About Preti Taneja
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Preti Taneja studied theology, religion, and philosophy along with Sanskrit at St John's College, Cambridge University.
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Preti Taneja went on to complete two post-graduate qualifications - a P G Dip.
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Preti Taneja is currently Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing at Newcastle University.
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Preti Taneja initially worked as a reporter for a non-governmental organization, covering human rights issues, and particularly focusing on the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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Preti Taneja is the editor of Visual Verse, an online magazine of poetry and art, and is a contributing editor for The White Review and for the publisher And Other Stories.
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Preti Taneja has been a judge for several literary awards, including The White Review Short Story Prize, the Wasafiri Prize, the inaugural Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and the Desmond Elliott Prize.
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Preti Taneja published her first novel, We Are That Young in 2017.
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The perpetrator of the attack, Usman Khan, had attended a creative writing course that Preti Taneja had taught at HMP Whitemoor as part of a prison education program called Learning Together, and the attack was conducted while Khan attended a Learning Together conference while on license.
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Preti Taneja was born in the United Kingdom, and grew up in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
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