Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971)
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
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.
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.
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
In September 2007 she was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme hosted by Michael Berkeley on BBC Radio 3.[BBC - Radio 3 - Private Passions]
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
English literature
Desai
Indian English literature
References
External links
Legacies, Loss and Literature, Nirali Magazine, December 2006
SAWNET biography
Rediff interview
Lunch with Kiran Desai
Bold Type: Interview with Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai interview with THECOMMENTARY.CA October 2007
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