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Also Known As Anita Mazumdar
Born June 24, 1937 (age 87) • Mussoorie • India
Awards And Honors Booker Prize (2006)
Notable Works “Baumgartner’s Bombay” • “Clear Light of Day” • “Cry, the Peacock” • “Fasting, Feasting” • “Fire on the Mountain” • “The Artist of Disappearance” • “The Inheritance of Loss” • “The Zigzag Way” • “Where Shall We Go This Summer?”
Notable Family Members daughter Kiran Desai

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