Hirsh Sawhney

Assistant Professor of English

Downey House, 294 High Street, 218
860-685-3633

Director, Creative Writing

1 Vine Street,
860-685-685-

hsawhney@wesleyan.edu

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BA University of Michigan
MFA Rutgers University

Hirsh Sawhney

Hirsh Sawhney is the author of a novel, South Haven, which was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and was nominated for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. His writing has appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Indian Express, Harvard Review, and numerous other periodicals. Hirsh is the editor of Delhi Noir, a critically-acclaimed anthology of original fiction. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut and is currently the Director of the Creative Writing Program at Wesleyan. 

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Office Hours

Location: Downey #218

Spring 2023:

Fridays, 1-3pm

Courses

Spring 2023
ENGL 254 - 01
India: Identity, Globalization

ENGL 342 - 01
Advanced Fiction Workshop

Fall 2023
ENGL 292 - 01
Techniques of Nonfiction