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Kiran Desai
Indian author
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
3 September 1971
Place of birth
New Delhi
Sex or gender
female
Given name
Kiran
Family name
Desai
Mother
Anita Desai
Occupation
novelist
,
writer
Citizenship
India
Religion
Hinduism
Awards
Booker Prize
,
Guggenheim Fellowship
,
Berlin Prize
,
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
educated at
Columbia University
,
Bennington College
,
Columbia University School of the Arts
languages spoken, written or signed
English
nominated for
Booker Prize
notable work
The Inheritance of Loss
start of work period
1998
writing language
English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
The Inheritance of Loss
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Inheritance of Loss
AIDS Sutra
Child of
Anita Desai
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