Born in Hyderabad, Anees hails from an aristocratic family in Hyderabad – her father, Nawab Hosh Yar Jung, was a renowned scholar and poet, and served as the musahib (adviser) to the last Nizam (prince) of Hyderabad State. Her mother and brother are also noted Urdu poets.
University of Michigan. North Eastern Hill University. Osmania University.
After schooling and college at Osmania University in Hyderabad, she went to the United States for higher studies at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, where she did her Masters in Sociology and American Studies. She started her career in writing with the Youth Times, a Times of India publication, where she worked as a journalist and editor (1976 to 1979). She has subsequently worked for the Christian Science Monitor and International Herald Tribune.
Anees Jung lives in Delhi.
