Anita Desai

The authorities additionally record the heading Anita Mazumdar Desai. Her recorded languages were German and English. Her recorded confession was Hinduism.

One child is recorded: Kiran Desai.

She was employed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. She belonged to Royal Society of Literature and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Anita Desai received Padma Bhushan in literature & education, Padma Shri in literature and education, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Sahitya Akademi Award, Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

38 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. The first 12 are listed here.

In Custody. Fasting, Feasting. Clear Light of Day. The Village by the Sea. The Zigzag Way. Fire on the Mountain. Journey to Ithaca. Baumgartner's Bombay. Cry, the Peacock. Where Shall We Go This Summer? The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997. Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition.

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Desai, Anita, (born 24 June 1937), novelist, Who's Who, 2007.

Anita Desai studied at University of Delhi and Miranda House. the recorded working language is German and English.

Employment is recorded with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Works named in the authority record are Fire on the Mountain.

Distinctions recorded are Padma Bhushan in literature & education, Padma Shri in literature and education, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Sahitya Akademi Award.