Anita Desai
Autor de Fasting, Feasting
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Obras de Anita Desai
Das Dorf am Meer 2 copias
Royalty: Five Hours to Simla 2 copias
Translator Translated 2 copias
zikzaklı yol 1 copia
"The Rooftop Dwellers" 1 copia
Desai Anita 1 copia
The Museum of Final Journeys 1 copia
An Autobiography 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Agnes Grey (Letras Universales / Universal Writings) (1847) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 5,111 copias
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contribuidor — 187 copias
In Custody [1994 film] — Original book — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Desai, Anita
- Nombre legal
- Mazumdar, Anita (born)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1937-06-24
Mussoorie, India - Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- India
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Mussoorie, India
- Lugares de residencia
- Delhi, India
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Mussoorie, India (birth) - Educación
- Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School, Delhi
Delhi University - Ocupaciones
- novelist
teacher (writing program ∙ M.I.T.)
children's writer - Relaciones
- Desai, Kiran (daughter)
- Organizaciones
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1992)
- Premios y honores
- 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) (mostrar todos 7)
Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge - Agente
- Deborah Rogers (Rogers, Coleridge & White)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Booker Prize (3)
Big Jubilee List (1)
Unmarried women (1)
My TBR (1)
Female Author (2)
Indian Diaspora (1)
AP Lit (1)
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- Obras
- 33
- También por
- 23
- Miembros
- 4,143
- Popularidad
- #6,078
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 111
- ISBNs
- 225
- Idiomas
- 14
- Favorito
- 12