Sarnath Banerjee

Born in 1972 in Calcutta, Sarnath Banerjee is a graphic novelist, film-maker, artist and co-founder of Phantomville, a publishing house. He is known as India’s first real graphic novelist and the author of the first Indian graphic novel, Corridor. Banerjee has also authored The Harappa Files and The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers. His books are an amalgamation of text, photographs and other art forms. His works are often autobiographical and anecdotal in style, and are mostly about day-to-day experiences from Indian life. The loss of history and architecture during the modernization of the country is another common theme that is strongly portrayed in his works.