Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai (born 1971) is an Indian author who grew up in India and England.[1] She is the daughter of author Anita Desai, and author of Inheritance of Loss, the 2006 Man Booker Prize winner.[2]
Background
Desai left India at the age of 14, spending one year in England before moving to the United States to study. She attended Bennington College, Hollins University, and then Columbia University, where she took 2 years off to write her first book, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.[3]
Career
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard was published in 1998 and received accolades from such notable figures Salman Rushdie[4]. It went on to win the Betty Trask Award,[5] a prize given by the Society of Authors for the best new novel by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations under the age of 35.[6]
Her second book, The Inheritance of Loss, has been widely praised by critics throughout Asia, Europe and the United States and won the 2006 Man Booker Prize.[2]
Bibliography
- The Inheritance of Loss (2006)
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998)
References
- ^ "Kiran Desai". Penguin UK. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
- ^ a b "The Inheritance of Loss Wins the Man Booker Prize 2006" (Press release). Booker Prize Foundation. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
{{cite press release}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Bold Type: Interview with Kiran Desai". Random House. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
- ^ "Hullabaloo In The Guava Orchard". BookBrowse. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
- ^ "Society of Authors — Prizes, Grants and Awards". Society of Authors. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
- ^ "The Betty Trask Prize and Awards". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
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