Anita Desai
Author of Fasting, Feasting
About the Author
Anita Desai was born in Mussoorie, India, in 1937 of Indian and German parentage. Her works focus on relationships and family life in India, particularly the problems of women in Indian society. She has written for both adults and children, winning the Winifred Holtby Prize from the Royal Society show more of Literature for Fire on the Mountain (1977) and the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction for her novel The Village by the Sea (1982). Among her numerous other honors is a Literary Lion Award from the New York Public Library in 1993. Desai came to America in 1987. She has taught at Mount Holyoke College, Baruch College, and Smithe College. Desai is currently Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at MIT. (Bowker Author Biography) Anita Desai was born & educated in India. Among her many published works are "Fasting, Feasting" (a finalist for the 1999 Booker Prize), "Baumgartner's Bombay," "In Custody," "Games at Twilight," & "Diamond Dust." Her awards & honors include the Alberto Moravia Award, the National Academy of Letters Award, & the Winifred Holtby Prize of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she teaches writing at MIT. (Publisher Provided) show less
Works by Anita Desai
Royalty: Five Hours to Simla 2 copies
Translator Translated 2 copies
The Museum of Final Journeys 1 copy
Desai Anita 1 copy
"The Rooftop Dwellers" 1 copy
zikzaklı yol 1 copy
An Autobiography 1 copy
Associated Works
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contributor — 196 copies, 2 reviews
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation (2017) — Contributor — 130 copies, 4 reviews
In Custody [1994 film] — Original book — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Desai, Anita
- Legal name
- Mazumdar, Anita (born)
- Birthdate
- 1937-06-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- India
- Birthplace
- Mussoorie, India
- Places of residence
- Delhi, India
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Mussoorie, India (birth) - Education
- Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School, Delhi
Delhi University - Occupations
- novelist
teacher (writing program ∙ M.I.T.)
children's writer - Relationships
- Desai, Kiran (daughter)
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1992)
- Awards and honors
- Royal Society of Literature Benson Medal
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Fellow)
Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge, Uk
Neil Gunn Prize (1993)
Alberto Moravia Prize for Literature (2000) (show all 7)
Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge - Agent
- Deborah Rogers (Rogers, Coleridge & White)
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- Works
- 35
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- 23
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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