Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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A propos de l'auteur
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in India and later moved to the United States to attend college. She earned a M. A. at Wright State University and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Divakaruni held many odd jobs until she was able to become an accomplished writer. She was afficher plus the president of MAITRI, a crisis hotline for female South Asian victims of domestic abuse, and is currently a professor at Foothill College in California. Her works have been recognized in more than 50 magazines and 30 anthologies. She also has been awarded two PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Awards, a Pushcart Prize, and the Allen Ginsberg Poerty Prize. Divakaruni's books include Arranged Marriage and The Mistress of Spices. Her Title One Amazing Thing made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) Chitra Divakaruni is the author of the bestselling novels "The Mistress of Spices" & "Sister of My Heart", the story collection "Arranged Marriage", which won several awards, including the American Book Award, & four collections of poetry. Her work has appeared in "The New Yorker", "The Atlantic Monthly", "Ms.", & other publications. Born in India, she lives in the San Francisco area. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas by Frank Arnold
Séries
Œuvres de Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
California Uncovered: Stories For The 21st Century (2005) — Directeur de publication — 31 exemplaires
The World Tree 1 exemplaire
Leben ist Bewegung 1 exemplaire
Divakaruni, Chitra Archive 1 exemplaire
DARK LIKE THE RIVER 1 exemplaire
O Portador da Concha 1 exemplaire
El palacio de las ilusiones (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplaire
Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage (2002) — Contributeur — 690 exemplaires
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (1998) — Contributeur — 298 exemplaires
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributeur — 186 exemplaires
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributeur — 172 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1956
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Inde
Etats-Unis - Lieu de naissance
- Kolkata, India
- Lieux de résidence
- Kolkata, India
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sunnydale, California, USA
Berkeley, California, USA
Houston, Texas, USA - Études
- University of Calcutta (BA|1976)
Wright State University (MA|English)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD|English|1985) - Professions
- Professeur de littérature
- Organisations
- Board of Directors "Pratham"
Advisory Board, "Daya"
University of Houston
Maitri - Prix et distinctions
- PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for Fiction
Bay Area Book Reviewers Award (Fiction)
American Book Award
South Asian Literary Association Distinguished Author Award, 2007
Best Books of 2003, Publishers Weekly, The Conch Bearer - Agent
- Sandra Dijkstra
- Courte biographie
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her themes include women, immigration, the South Asian experience, history, myth, magic and celebrating diversity.
She writes both for adults and children. Her books have been translated into 20 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Russian and Japanese. Two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart, have been made into films. Her short stories, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Houston.
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Five star books (1)
All Things India (1)
Reading Globally (1)
AP Lit (1)
Magic Realism (1)
Indian Diaspora (1)
Asia (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 34
- Aussi par
- 16
- Membres
- 9,810
- Popularité
- #2,434
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 382
- ISBN
- 311
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 35
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