Anita Desai
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Anita Desai is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer known for her psychologically rich portrayals of Indian life and for being shortlisted multiple times for the Booker Prize.
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| instanceOf |
Indian writer
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novelist → person → short story writer → |
| almaMater |
University of Delhi
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| awardReceived |
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
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Padma Bhushan → Padma Shri → Sahitya Akademi Award → |
| birthName |
Anita Mazumdar
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| child |
Kiran Desai
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| countryOfCitizenship |
India
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| dateOfBirth |
1937-06-24
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| educatedAt |
University of Delhi
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| employer |
Baruch College, City University of New York
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Mount Holyoke College → Smith College → |
| ethnicOrigin |
Bengali
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| genre |
fiction
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psychological fiction → short stories → |
| languagesSpokenOrWritten |
English
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German → Hindi → |
| motherTongue |
Hindi
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| movement |
Indian English literature
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postcolonial literature → |
| name |
Anita Desai
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| nominatedFor |
Booker Prize
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Booker Prize for "Clear Light of Day" → Booker Prize for "Fasting, Feasting" → Booker Prize for "In Custody" → |
| notableWork |
Baumgartner's Bombay
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Clear Light of Day → Cry, the Peacock → Fasting, Feasting → Fire on the Mountain → In Custody → The Village by the Sea → The Zigzag Way → Voices in the City → Where Shall We Go This Summer? → |
| notedFor |
psychologically rich portrayals of Indian life
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| occupation |
novelist
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professor → short story writer → |
| placeOfBirth |
Mussoorie, India
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Writing at MIT
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| relative |
Kiran Desai
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| residence |
India
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United States → |
| spouse |
Ashvin Desai
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| writingStyle |
psychological realism
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Referenced by (1)
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Pembroke College, Cambridge
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notableAlumnus |