Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai | |
|---|---|
| Kiran Desai, mid-2000s Kiran Desai, mid-2000s | |
| Born | 3 September 1971 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1998 to present |
Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971)[1] is an Indian author who is a citizen of India and a Permanent Resident of the United States. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize[1] and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. She is the daughter of the noted author Anita Desai.
Early life and education
Kiran Desai was born in New Delhi, India, and lived there until she was 14. She and her mother then lived in England for a year, and finally moved to the United States where she studied creative writing at Bennington College, Hollins University and Columbia University.[2]
Awards and recognition
Her first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, was published in 1998 and received accolades from such notable figures as Salman Rushdie.[3] It went on to win the Betty Trask Award,[4] a prize given by the Society of Authors for the best new novels by citizens of the Commonwealth of Nations under the age of 35.[5]
Her second book, The Inheritance of Loss, (2006) has been widely praised by critics throughout Asia, Europe and the United States and won the 2006 Man Booker Prize[1] as well as the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.[6]
In September 2007 she was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme hosted by Michael Berkeley on BBC Radio 3.[7]
Bibliography
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, Faber and Faber, 1998, ISBN 0-571-19336-6
- The Inheritance of Loss, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2006, ISBN 0-241-14348-9
See also
References
- ^ a b c "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 2007-09-04.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Skloot, Rebecca (2007-03-08). "And the 2006 NBCC Award for Fiction Goes to ..." Critical Mass. The National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/privatepassions/
External links
- Legacies, Loss and Literature, Nirali Magazine, December 2006
- SAWNET biography
- Rediff interview
- Lunch with Kiran Desai
- Bold Type: Interview with Kiran Desai