Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh is a historian, writer and filmmaker based in Paris. Vijay Singh is a historian, writer, filmmaker and screenplay writer from India living in Paris. He was born to Kanwar Hari Singh, a surgeon, and Kanwarani Raksha Hari Singh. Singh was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University and a Masters of Arts degree in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Inspired by French surrealism and André Breton, Vijay Singh moved to Paris in the early 1980s and enrolled for a PhD at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. While still a student in New-Delhi, Vijay Singh wrote and directed a play Waiting for Beckett by Godot, followed by A Promenade on the Eyelashes of 1917. In the early eighties, Vijay Singh wrote a 20-page article which was published by Le Monde diplomatique. This was the start of his career as a journalist in France. He has written extensively for the French press, primarily Libération, Le Monde and Le Monde diplomatique on issues revolving around politics, culture, art and cinema, and also contributed articles to magazines and other international newspapers such as The Guardian and The Times of India. In 1985, Singh co-presented a long programme with Frédéric Mittérand on the Opening of the Année de l'Inde (India Year) on TF1, one of the main French TV channels. While still a journalist, Vijay Singh wrote his first novel, Jaya Ganga, In Search of the River Goddess. The book was first published in France (Jaya Ganga, le Gange et son double, Ramsay, Paris 1985; Ginkgo, Paris 2005) before being published by Penguin Books India and UK, Rupa Publishers and Rajkamal Prakashan. He subsequently wrote Whirlpool of Shadows (French: Tourbillon d’ombres), La Nuit Poignardée (The Wounded Night), and The River Goddess (French: La Déesse qui devint fleuve), a book for young readers. His latest book,Gange, fleuve et déesse, in collaboration with Jacques Raymond (photography), was published…

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Born

1952-02-16 · India