Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
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Name (Hebrew)
דיוואקרוני, צ'יטרה בנרג'י, 1956-
Name (Latin)
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
Name (Arabic)
ديفاكاروني، شيترا، 1956-
Other forms of name
Divakaruni, Chitra Lekha Banerjee, 1956-
דיוקרוני, צ'יטרה בנרג'י, 1956-
דיבקרוני, צ'יטרה בנרג'י, 1956-
Date of birth
1956
Place of birth
Kolkata (India)
Place of residence/headquarters
Houston (Tex.)
Field of activity
Education
Children's literature
Poetry
Fiction
Essays
Associate group
University of Houston
Occupation
College teachers
Authors
Human rights workers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Fuller form of name
Chitra Lekha Banerjee
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, via WWW, Sept. 13, 2013(lives in Houston, Texas; born in Kolkata, India; M.A., English, Wright State University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley)
- Grandma and the great gourd, 2013:title page (retold by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni) dust jacket (writes for adults and young readers; born in India; lives in Texas with her husband and family; teaches Creative Writing at the University of Houston)
- Her Black candle, c1991:CIP t.p. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni) data sht. (b. 7-29-56)
- The palace of illusions, c2008:t.p. (Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni)
- Wikipedia, Sept. 13, 2013(Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian-American author, poet, professor, and activist; has been given many awards for her writing; a co-founder and former president of Maitri, a helpline founded in 1991 for South Asian women dealing with domestic abuse)
- ספר: נושא הקונכייה, 2006.
- LCN
- דבר מדהים אחד, תשע"ב 2011:
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ChitraBanerjeeDivakaruni
Dying Fall, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956) is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart), as well as a short story (The Word Love) were adapted into films. Divakaruni's works are largely set in India and the United States, and often focus on the experiences of South Asian immigrants. She writes for children as well as adults, and has published novels in multiple genres, including realistic fiction, historical fiction, magical realism, myth and fantasy.
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