Background
Jerry Pinto is a Roman Catholic of Goan origin, and grew up in Mahim Mumbai, later he received a liberal arts degree from Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai, and a law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai.
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University of Mumbai.
Career
His first novel Econometrica and The Big Hoom was published in 2012. His collection of poems, Asylum and Other Poems appeared in 2003. He has also co-edited Confronting Love (2005), a book of contemporary Indian love poetry in English.
He returned to magazine journalism as a Consulting Editor at Manitoba"s World magazine.
Later, he joined Paprika Media (the publishing house that brings out Time Out Mumbai and Time Out Delhi) to edit their special projects. He is now a free lance journalist, writing articles for the Hindustan Times and Live Mint newspapers, as well as The Manitoba and MW In 2009, he coauthored Leela: A Portrait with Leela Naidu, a semi-biographical book of anecdotes and photos from Leela Naidu"s life.
Leela Naidu was continuously listed as one of top ten or top five most beautiful women in the world in the 50"s and 60"s by magazines like Vogue. lieutenant was also shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize.
2007 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema for Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb.
