Anita Desai
Auteur de Le Jeûne et le Festin
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Œuvres de Anita Desai
Das Dorf am Meer 2 exemplaires
Royalty: Five Hours to Simla 2 exemplaires
Translator Translated 2 exemplaires
zikzaklı yol 1 exemplaire
"The Rooftop Dwellers" 1 exemplaire
Spiele im Zwielicht : Kurzgeschichten 1 exemplaire
Desai Anita 1 exemplaire
The Museum of Final Journeys 1 exemplaire
Games at Twilight [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
'Jews, Indians, & Imperialists' in NYRB, 6 Dec 1990 [review of Isenberg's 'India's Bene Israel' & Roland's 'Jews in… 1 exemplaire
An Autobiography 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contributeur — 187 exemplaires
The Writer on Her Work, Volume II: New Essays in New Territory (1730) — Contributeur — 124 exemplaires
Korter dan kort de beste kortste verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur (1993) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires
In Custody [1994 film] — Original book — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Desai, Anita
- Nom légal
- Mazumdar, Anita (born)
- Date de naissance
- 1937-06-24
Mussoorie, India - Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- India
- Lieu de naissance
- Mussoorie, India
- Lieux de résidence
- Delhi, India
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Mussoorie, India (birth) - Études
- Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School, Delhi
Delhi University - Professions
- novelist
teacher (writing program ∙ M.I.T.)
children's writer - Relations
- Desai, Kiran (daughter)
- Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1992)
- Prix et distinctions
- 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) (tout afficher 7)
Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge - Agent
- Deborah Rogers (Rogers, Coleridge & White)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Booker Prize (3)
Big Jubilee List (1)
Unmarried women (1)
My TBR (1)
Female Author (2)
Indian Diaspora (1)
AP Lit (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 33
- Aussi par
- 23
- Membres
- 4,144
- Popularité
- #6,076
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 111
- ISBN
- 225
- Langues
- 14
- Favoris
- 12
23 avr. 2017 ... Les romans d'Anita Desai décrivent souvent le quotidien de femmes enfermées dans leur situation et qui ne trouvent aucune échappatoire. Dans Où irons-nous cet été ?, nous faisons la rencontre de Sita, quarantenaire enceinte de son cinquième enfant. Elle n'a pas désiré cette grossesse et décide de s'évader, de fuir ce quotidien trop lourd pour elle. Sita retourne sur l'île où elle a passé toutes ses vacances mais cela fait remonter de mauvais souvenirs en elle. Un roman qui délivre tout en délicatesse un message sur la condition féminine en Inde.… (plus d'informations)