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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was an American and Indian novelist, poet, essayist, writer and journalist (born 1956). She was born at Kolkata.

Also recorded as Chitralekha Banerjee.

Overview

Born at Kolkata in 1956.

Recognition and collections

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni received PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, American Book Awards, Pushcart Prize and Scanno Prize.

Catalogued works

45 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1998 to 2005. The first 12 are listed here.

The Mistress of Spices. Sister of My Heart. The Conch Bearer. The Palace of Illusions. One Amazing Thing. The Last Queen. Independence: A Novel. The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming. Aḥot libi. Tenaʾe niśuim. Adonit ha-tavlinim. ha-Ṭaʻuyot ha-neʻelamot shel ḥayenu.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Morphed Sense of Longing and Belonging in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Arundhati Roy, Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 2022. Transnational Hope in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Short Fiction, Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 2022. “Her Story” in Chitra Divakaruni and Shashi Deshpande, Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 2022. Culture, Identity and Empowerment in the Sitayan of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2025.

In detail

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni studied at University of Calcutta, University of California, Berkeley and Wright State University. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is essay.

Employment is recorded with University of Houston.

Works named in the authority record are The Mistress of Spices.

Distinctions recorded are PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, American Book Awards, Pushcart Prize and Scanno Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1956Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni born at Kolkata.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2627089: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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