Novels
Nagarkar is notable among Indian writers for having written acclaimed novels in more than one language. His first novel, Saat Sakkam Trechalis (later published in English as Seven Sixes Are Forty Three) is considered one of the landmark works of Marathi literature. His novel Ravan and Eddie, begun in Marathi but completed in English, was not published until 1994.
Since Ravan and Eddie, all Nagarkar's novels have been written in English. His third novel, Cuckold on mystic Meerabai's husband, Bhoj Raj, was published in 1997 and won the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award. It has been translated into a number of languages and has become one of the most beloved contemporary Indian novels, both in India and in Europe. It took him nine years to write his next, God's Little Soldier, a tale of a liberal Muslim boy’s tryst with religious orthodoxy, which was published in 2006, to mixed reviews. Writer Kiran Nagarkar has been awarded Germany's Cross of The Order of Merit, described as 'highest tribute Germany can pay to individuals'.
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