41. Anita Desai Biography - Anita Desai Comments: anita desai A Study of Her Fiction by Meena Belliappa, Calcutta, Writers Workshop, 1971; The TwiceBorn Fiction by Meenakshi Mukherjee, New Delhi, http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4264/Desai-Anita.html

Other Free Encyclopedias Brief Biographies Contemporary Novelists Vol 4 Anita Desai Biography - Anita Desai comments: Find all books written by Anita Desai on Amazon.com Nationality: Indian. Born: Anita Mazumbar, Mussoorie, 1937. Education: Career: Awards: Royal Society of Literature Winifred Holtby prize, 1978; Sahitya Academy award, 1979; Guardian Hadassah Magazine award, 1989; Tarak Nath Das award, 1989; Padma Sri award, 1989; Literary Lion Award, New York Public Library, 1993. Fellow, Royal Society of Literature, 1978; Girton College, Cambridge, 1988; Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1991. Agent: Deborah Rogers, Rogers Coleridge and White Ltd., 20 Powis Mews, London W11 1JN, England. P UBLICATIONS Novels Cry, The Peacock. Calcutta, Rupa, n.d.; London, Owen, 1963. Voices in the City. London, Owen, 1965. Bye-Bye, Blackbird. New Delhi, Hind, and Thompson, Connecticut, InterCulture, 1971. Where Shall We Go This Summer? New Delhi, Vikas, 1975. Fire on the Mountain. New Delhi, Allied, London, Heinemann, andNew York, Harper, 1977. Clear Light of Day.

42. Anita Desai Biography And Bibliography At LitWeb.net anita desai. Indian novelist and short story writer. anita desai Biography and Bibliography. http://www.litweb.net/biography/326/Anita_Desai.html

43. SAJA: Anita Desai Profile anita desai is one of the world s bestknown authors, and a writer who has influenced generations of writers (starting right at home her daughter Kiran http://www.saja.org/anitadesai.html

SAJA Home Profiles Senior SAJAers SAJA Stylebook Bio of SAJA Guest Speaker: Anita Desai Author (Sep. 1997) ANITA DESAI A NITA DESAI is one of the world's best-known authors, and a writer who has influenced generations of writers (starting right at home: her daughter Kiran Desai 's novel was a celebrated debut in 1997). Since 1993, she has been teaching in MIT's Program in Writing (the first professorial appointment by the university in fiction writing in 20 years). Anita was born in 1937, in Mussoorie, India; her father was Bengali and mother German. She was educated in Delhi where she received an AB in English Literature from the University of Delhi. Her published works include short stories, children's books, and eight novels. Two of the novels, Clear Light of Day (1980) and In Custody (1984), were short-listed for the Booker Prize. She received the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction for the novel, The Village by the Sea (1982), and the 1978 National Academy of Letters Award for Fire on the Mountain (1977). Anita Desai is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London and she has been a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has been Visiting Fellow at Girton College , Cambridge, in England, and has taught writing at Smith College and has been the Purington Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College in the United States.

44. Anita Desai — Infoplease.com June 24 Birthdays Jack Dempsey June 24 birthdays Jack Dempsey, Sir John Ross, Henry Ward Beecher, Ambrose Bierce, anita desai, John Ciardi http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0880709.html

Site Map FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Jan 26, 2008 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home Almanacs ... Word of the Day Editor's Favorites 2007 Year in Review Black History Month Leap Year Martin Luther King Day ... 2008 Calendar Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips Biography Anita Desai writer Born: Birthplace: India Born to parents of Indian and German heritage, Desai grew up in New Delhi, India. She spoke German at home, and Urdu and Hindi to friends and neighbors. In school, she read and wrote in English. She received her B.A. in English literature from the University of Delhi. She has written more than a dozen adult and children's books, notably Fire on the Mountain (1977), for which she received the National Academy of Letters award in India, Clear Light of Day (1980), and The Village by the Sea (1983), which received the Guardian Prize for Children's fiction. Her novels In Custody (1984) and Baumgartner's Bombay (1988) exemplify her liberal ideas and interest in the outsider. Her 1999 novel

45. Revisiting Anita Desai Arthur J Pais has interviewed anita desai many times over the years. Here, he shares impressions and anecdotes about the celebrated author. http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/dec/04spec.htm

Rediff India Abroad Home All the sections News Business ... Mobile Search: The Web India Abroad Newsletters Sign up today! Get news updates: Mobile Downloads Text 67333 Article Tools Email this article Top emailed links Print this article Contact the editors ... Specials The Rediff Special / Arthur J Pais Revisiting Anita Desai December 04, 2007 A merican colleges and universities are notorious for professors with big reputations who barely have time for their students. But, in the two odd decades that she has taught in America, especially at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor Anita Desai was always known for being accessible. At the same time, she would be as firm with the students as she is with journalists and fellow writers. You had better not waste her time. And you had better know the books you want to discuss well. In fact, in your own interest, listen to her. Gentle and giving as she is, she will, with quiet authority, tell even the most celebrated person where she stands on an issue. Imagine then, this gentle and frail woman admonishing Nobel laureate V S Naipaul, telling him not to be so polemical in his writing that he was whipping up Hindu passions against Muslims in India. Imagine her telling filmmaker Ismail Merchant she was 'shocked' to see his version of her novel

46. An Orgy Of Sepia Prose - Sepia Mutiny Those reading include Suketu Mehta, Jhumpa Lahiri, Shashi Tharoor, Amitav Ghosh, anita desai, Kamila Shamsie, Manil Suri and Meena Alexander. http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001075.html

Main February 16, 2005 An orgy of sepia prose Literature SAJA is hosting a remarkable literary festival , an evening of readings in Manhattan. Those reading include Suketu Mehta Jhumpa Lahiri Shashi Tharoor Amitav Ghosh ... Manil Suri and Meena Alexander. Those mingling include Akhil Sharma, Jonathan Franzen, Kiran Desai , Marina Budhos, Pooja Makhijani, Meera Nair the author, and S. Mitra Kalita Park Slope is apparently emptying out for the evening. And the wine and samosas are for a good cause: SAJA is putting together fellowships to report the tsunami in-depth well after the initial reports fade. Buy tickets here Update: Please note the new schedule, which has been moved up by two hours. SAJA Authors Day: manish on February 16, 2005 12:53 PM in Literature Direct link Email post 1 reader linked said: Desi Literati In NYC For SAJA Manish beat me to it, but SAJA has a literary spectacle planned for March 12 that you should all attend. While I am not sure if tickets are still available, it might be worth your while to check it out. The $35 entry fee for the event at the CUNY March 10, 2005 02:03 PM

47. Random House : Author Details For Anita Desai Books by anita desai are published by Random House the biggest selling book publisher in the UK. http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorID=586

48. On The Trail With Anita Desai::Matthew Schneeberger In : Books Blog At Rediff IL Matthew Schneeberger s blog on On the trail with anita desaiTo read anita desai is to know her genius. It is plainly evident in works such as Fire on the http://schneeberger.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/12/05/On-the-trail-with-Anita.htm

Welcome Guest, Create your own iLand Sign In New User? Get Started iLand Blogs Friends/Contributors Guestbook Matthew Schneeberger Categories Miscellaneous Introduction Amivalent and... Ambivalent ... Books My Top Posts Chaat Chaos!... Bach in Bombay's... Hunted or Huntin... House Hunting (p... ... Schneeberger.rediffiland.com/ Saturday 26 January, 2008 4 Comment(s) Add Matthew Schneeberger as Friend Write to Matthew Schneeberger Forward this link On the trail with Anita Desai To read Anita Desai is to know her genius. It is plainly evident in works such as Fire on the Mountain and Voices in the City. The characters she crafts, the strands of narration she weaves and the issues she explores in-depth are her hallmarks. To meet Anita is to see her brilliance shine brighter. It’s exhilarating to interact with such a dynamic and fertile mind. But to spend several days with Ms Desai is to be overawed, perhaps even a little jealous. For days in succession, you see her field questions, process the information and produce witty, succinct responses without pause. When she agrees with an argument, she adeptly recapitulates it and advances it further. When she disagrees, she politely states her reasons for opposition and why they are important.

49. Howstuffworks "Desai, Anita - Encyclopedia Entry" Learn about desai, anita. Read our encyclopedia entry on desai, anita. http://reference.howstuffworks.com/desai-anita-encyclopedia.htm

HowStuffWorks.com RSS Make HowStuffWorks your homepage Get Newsletter Search HowStuffWorks and the web: Encyclopedia Humanities Literature Indian Learn about Indian Literature and get information on topics related to Indian Literature. Related Categories: REFERENCE LINKS PRINT EMAIL Desai, Anita Desai, Anita (1937-...), is an Indian novelist who writes in English. Many of her novels deal with the emotional pressures on Indian women trying to express their independence. Desai also writes about family relationships and Indian society since the country's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. Her other concerns include the conflicts between Eastern and Western cultures and between generations. Desai has received praise in particular for her expert use of descriptive detail in portraying the atmosphere and landscapes of India. Related Topics: Ramayana , rah MAH yuh nuh, is one of the two great epic poems of India. The other is the Mahabharata. Rama, the hero of the Ramayana, is a human... Roy, Arundhati

50. Anita Desai Papers Manuscripts for anita desai s published works make up a significant portion of this collection, with materials concerning public appearances, awards, http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/desai.html

Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin Home Collections ... Search Collections Research Finding Aids Search the Collections Using ... WATCH Anita Desai, 1937- Papers, 1958-1996 Preliminary Inventory 18 boxes, 3 oversize boxes (10 linear feet) Note: This brief collection description is an accession record. The collection is not fully processed or cataloged; no biographical sketch, descriptions of series, or indexes are available. Acquisition: Purchases, 1989-1997 (R11751, R12773, R13947) Access: Open for research Processed by: Jonathan Reynolds, 2007 RLIN Record ID: None Table of Contents Scope and Contents Folder List Scope and Contents Manuscripts for Anita Desai's published works make up a significant portion of this collection, with materials concerning public appearances, awards, and writings about her works rounding out the collection. The collection is organized into two series: I. Works, 1958-1996; and II. Career Related Materials, 1962-1996. The Works Series is divided into four subseries: A. Major Works, B. Short Stories, C. Introductions and Prefaces, and D. Articles and Reviews, with items within the subseries arranged alphabetically by title. Included are manuscripts and typescripts in various stages of editing and revising, such as Desai's award-winning novels Baumgartner's Bombay and Fire on the Mountain , which won the Booker Prize in 1980, as well as In Custody The Career Related Material is also divided into four subseries: A. Speeches, Interviews, Lectures, and Radio, B. Honors and Public Appearances, C. Articles and Reviews of Desai, and D. Correspondence, Finances, and Other Papers. Included are materials from the PEN International Writer's Day conference and the Flair symposium, both from 1994. Present as well are her honorary degrees in addition to publicity materials from her awards, including the Royal Society of Literature Award in 1977, and clippings on her works and career from around the world. Correspondence in this series is more general and does not address any single work, including letters between Desai and her first English publisher, Peter Owen. Her royalty statements and tax information are also present along with subsequent correspondence.

51. Anita Desai Quotes 12 quotes and quotations by anita desai. anita desai I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/anita_desai.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Anita Desai Quotes Type: Novelist Quotes Category: Indian Novelist Quotes Date of Birth: June 24 Nationality: Indian Find on Amazon: Anita Desai Related Authors: Aldous Huxley Honore de Balzac E. M. Forster Ernest Hemingway ... Will Thomas Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy. Anita Desai I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. Anita Desai I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. Anita Desai India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. Anita Desai Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better. Anita Desai My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

52. Anita Desai Criticism (Vol. 175) anita desai 1937. Indian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and children s writer. The following entry presents an overview of desai s career http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/desai-anita

utmSetVar('lit_all'); Anita Desai Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page Anita Desai 1937- Indian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and children's writer. The following entry presents an overview of Desai's career through 2002. For further information on her life and works, see CLC, Volumes 19, 37, and 97. INTRODUCTION Biographical Information Desai was born on June 24, 1937, at Mussoorie, a hill station north of Delhi, India, to D. N. Mazumdar, a Bengali business executive, and Toni Nime, a German expatriate. As a child, Desai spoke German at home and Hindi among her friends. At primary school, she learned to read and write English—which eventually became her literary language—publishing her first short story at the age of nine. Despite the somewhat limited opportunities for women in Indian society, Desai attended Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School in New Delhi before enrolling at Miranda House, Delhi University, where she earned a bachelor's degree with honors in English literature in 1957. In December of 1958, she married Ashrin Desai, with whom she has four children. Although she regularly wrote short stories since adolescence, Desai officially launched her career as a novelist in 1963 with the British publication of Cry, the Peacock

53. The Best Of Anita Desai by Anita Desai : Oxfordbookstore.com : Books : The Best of anita desai comprises Clear Light of Day , Baumgartner s Bombay and In Custody in one pack. In Custody tells the nowfamous story of http://www.oxfordbookstore.com/oxfordonline/asppages/item_final.asp?strSKU=BE152

54. I Write On What I Know: Anita Desai- Hindustan Times The author, now a Sahitya Akademi Fellow, tells Renuka Narayanan about translations and her low profile in the US. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=df755370-9983-48c5-84d0-8c061b3ec75a

55. Salon Books | "Fasting, Feasting" By Anita Desai Unhappy Indian families are unhappy in their own way, too, the author demonstrates in this Booker Prize finalist. http://archive.salon.com/books/review/2000/02/17/desai/index.html

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57. Paritosh Uttam: Indian Writing In English: Anita Desai Paritosh Uttam Indian Writing in English anita desai contains information about anita desai. http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/anita-desai.html

Indian Writers D Desai, Anita Paritosh Uttam Home Writing Reading Reading Search ... Contact Anita Desai Anita Desai (b. 1937) was born to a German mother and an Indian father. She spent much of her initial life in New Delhi and completed her initial education there. Works Voices in the City Bye-Bye, Blackbird Fire on the Mountain Games at Twilight Where Shall We Go This Summer? The Peacock Garden Clear Light of Day The Village by the Sea Cry, the Peacock In Custody Journey to Ithaca Fasting, Feasting Diamond Dust: Stories The Zigzag Way Voices in the City Based almost exclusively on the life of the middle class intellectuals of Calcutta, Voices in the City The novel describes the corrosive effects of city life upon an Indian family. Brought up in luxury by an over-indulgent mother, Nirode settles down in Calcutta and becomes absorbed into its bohemian life, while his elder sister Monisha lives out a servile existence within the rigid confines of a traditional Hindu family. Their younger sister arrives from the country and becomes involved with an artist; but the outcome of this and the dreadful decision Monisha eventually takes, make this novel a doubly haunting and a consummate work of art. Where Shall We Go This Summer?

58. Anita Desai Essays anita desai is one of the best known authors in the world and she has influenced generations of authors. desai’s novels and main characters were mostly http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/19595.html

Get immediate access to thousands of high quality papers and essays. Mega Essays Home Questions? Acceptable Use Customer Care ... Site Search Enter Essay Topic: Subjects: Acceptance Essays Arts Custom Papers English ... Technology Login: Member Login Join Now! Click here to Join Now! by: Credit Card ... by: Phone 1-900 anita desai Anita Desai is one of the best known authors in the world and she has influenced generations of authors. Desai’s novels and main characters were mostly based on situations or people in her life or what would usual happen in her surroundings. Growing up it India during World War II had a large impact on her life. Her books were written in a way that would almost make you think the stories were completely true. Her books and characters were similar to her and the stories of her life. Desai was born as Anita Mazumadar in Musoorie, a northern India hill station near Dehra Dun on June 24 1937. Born to a Bengali business man father and a mother that was from Germany and was the Toni Nime. She grew up during World War II and was no stranger to discrimination which is reflected in her writing. She was multilingual and she speaks German at home, as well, as Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and English at school and in the streets. Growing up she says she was surrounded by western culture which probably had tweaked her writing to get more popu She began to write English at the age of seven and her first book published at the age of nine. Such as her book, “Clear Light of DAY” which is her most autobiographical book about her town. Her characters are often developed escapists ways to deal with their world outside comfortable living or everyday boring lives. Later in her life Anita left India.

59. Anita Desai In Delhi On Flickr - Photo Sharing! anita desai in Delhi. To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScriptenabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayankaustensoofi/2078834311/

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60. A Conversation With Anita Desai, And Some Notes On Her Work - Ultrabrown Statutory warning long, bifurcated post – some thoughts on anita desai’s writing followed by a Q A. Apologies in case there’s some overlapping between the http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/a-conversation-with-anita-desai-and-some-notes-o

Home page Liberty and the pursuit of happiness Friday, December 7 A conversation with Anita Desai, and some notes on her work Business Standard Weekend but since there isn’t a word-constraint here I prefer to spread it out and play with the format Long before the publication of Midnight’s Children brought alive new possibilities for Indian writers wanting to express themselves in English, decades before Arundhati Roy’s Booker win, the advent of the big publishing houses, hefty advances, the elevation of the fashionable young writer to pop-celebrity status, and the occurrence, once highly improbable, of the words “author” and “glamorous” in the same sentence, there was Anita Desai – Anita Desai, contributing short stories to a literary magazine while still in college in the 1950s; writing diligently at her desk for a few hours each day; sending her manuscripts to England because Indian publishers at the time weren’t interested in contemporary fiction; juggling the unsocial writer’s life with some very social demands, such as those of raising four children. Desai, who turned 70 earlier this year, has lived mainly in the US for the past two decades. She was in Delhi last week because the

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