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Anita Desai FRSL (born Anita Mazumdar; 24 June 1937), is an Indian novelist and the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a writer she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times.
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Anita Desai has 85 books on Goodreads with 77498 ratings. Anita Desai’s most popular book is Fasting, Feasting.
Jun 16, 2024 · Anita Desai's books, written over many decades, offer unique insights into human emotions and social issues. Her novels are a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of Indian society and universal themes like identity, family, and personal struggles.
Novelist, short-story writer and children's author Anita Desai was born in 1937 in Mussoorie, India. She was educated at Delhi University. Her novels include Fire on the Mountain (1977), which won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, and Clear Light of Day (1980), In Custody (1984) and Fasting, Feasting (1999), each of which was shortlisted for ...
Anita Desai was born in 1937. Her published works include adult novels, children's books and short stories. She is a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London.
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Jun 20, 2024 · Anita Desai (born June 24, 1937, Mussoorie, India) is an English-language Indian novelist and author of children’s books who excels in evoking character and mood through visual images ranging from the meteorologic to the botanical.
Anita Desai. Anita Desai is the author of many novels and short stories and has written widely for both adults and children. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times for her novels Clear Light of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting.
Desai specializes in long-term marriages, unbalanced friendships, and brilliant variations on the theme of the stranger as a catalyst for change. In the title story, a New Delhi bureaucrat's wife and colleagues look on in dismay as he gives himself over to his love for a devilish dog he calls Diamond.
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