Anita Desai

Details

Instance of

human

Born

24 June 1937

Place of birth

Mussoorie

Sex or gender

female

Given name

Anita

Family name

Desai

Child

Kiran Desai

Occupation

writer, novelist, university teacher, short story writer

Citizenship

India

Religion

Hinduism

Awards

Padma Bhushan in literature & education, Padma Shri in literature and education, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Sahitya Akademi Award, Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, honorary degree of the University of Leeds

archives at

Harry Ransom Center

described by source

South Asian Novelists in English: An A-to-Z Guide, Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon (1 ed.), Third World Women's Literatures

educated at

University of Delhi, Miranda House

employer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College

languages spoken, written or signed

German, English

member of

Royal Society of Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters

name in native language

अनीता देसाई

nominated for

Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Booker Prize

notable work

Fire on the Mountain

start of work period

1963

writing language

English

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