Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai
Desai at PEN Gala, 5 May 2015
Desai at PEN Gala, 5 May 2015
Born (1971-09-03) 3 September 1971 (age 53)
New Delhi, India
OccupationNovelist
NationalityIndian
Alma materColumbia University
Period1998–present
Notable works
Notable awardsMan Booker Prize
2006
RelativesAnita Desai (mother)

Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize[1] and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.[2] In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.[3]

  1. ^ "Kiran Desai". The Man Booker Prizes. The Booker Prize Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hillel2007-09-03 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Global Indian Women: Top 20 India-born & globally successful women from business and arts". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.