Kiran Desai
Indian author (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize[1] and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.[2] In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.[3]
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Kiran Desai | |
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Born | (1971-09-03) 3 September 1971 (age 52) New Delhi, India |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Period | 1998–present |
Notable works | |
Notable awards | Man Booker Prize 2006 |
Relatives | Anita Desai (mother) |
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