Anita Desai

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Indian writer novelist person short story writer

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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Anita Desai canonical 8

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instanceOf Indian writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
almaMater University of Delhi ⓘ
awardReceived Guardian Children's Fiction Prize ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
birthName Anita Mazumdar ⓘ
child Kiran Desai ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-06-24 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Delhi ⓘ
employer Baruch College ⓘ
surface form: Baruch College, City University of New York

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Mount Holyoke College ⓘ
Smith College ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Bengali ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
languagesSpokenOrWritten English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
motherTongue Hindi ⓘ
movement Indian English literature ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
name Anita Desai self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Booker Prize ⓘ
Booker Prize ⓘ
surface form: Booker Prize for "Clear Light of Day"

Booker Prize ⓘ
surface form: Booker Prize for "Fasting, Feasting"

Booker Prize ⓘ
surface form: Booker Prize for "In Custody"
notableWork Baumgartner's Bombay ⓘ
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 ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mussoorie ⓘ
surface form: Mussoorie, India
positionHeld Professor of Writing at MIT ⓘ
relative Kiran Desai ⓘ
residence India ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
spouse Ashvin Desai ⓘ
writingStyle psychological realism ⓘ

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Kiran Desai → parent → Anita Desai ⓘ
Kiran Desai → influencedBy → Anita Desai ⓘ
Kiran Desai → hasRelative → Anita Desai ⓘ
Desai → hasNotableBearer → Anita Desai ⓘ
Indian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Anita Desai ⓘ
South Asian literature → notableAuthor → Anita Desai ⓘ