Anita Desai

Anita Desai FRSL (born Anita Mazumdar; 1937) is an Indian novelist and emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

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 ...

Anita Mazumdar Desai (Mussoorie, 24 juni 1937) is een Indiaas auteur van romans en korte verhalen. Ze staat bekend om het op een gevoelige manier kunnen ...

Anita Desai has lived in Delhi and London and Boston, but when she settled, she chose the Hudson River Valley, in New York State.

Born and educated in India, Anita Desai has written many novels and short stories, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times.

Anita Desai has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times - 1980, 1984 and in 1999. She was born in Mussoorie, India and is the author of many novels ...

Anita Desai is a prominent Indian author known for her significant contributions to English literature following India's independence. Born Anita Mazumdar ...

She is a four-time finalist for the prestigious Booker Prize, with “Clear Light of Day” (1980), “In Custody” (1994), and “Fasting, Feasting” ( ...

At 87, the Indian author has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times, and has written her first novel in a decade. She talks about leaving India to ...

Novelist, short-story writer and children's author Anita Desai was born in 1937 in Mussoorie, India. She was educated at Delhi University.