Kishwar Desai

Kishwar Desai
The Actor, Shri Boman Irani briefing the media on the Topic “Comedy in Hindi Cinema”, at the 41st International Film Festival (IFFI-2010), in Panjim, Goa on December 01, 2010.jpg
Desai at IFFI (2010)
Born
Kishwar Rosha

(1956-12-01) 1 December 1956 (age 67)
Ambala, Haryana, India
Alma materLady Shri Ram College
OccupationAuthor
SpouseLord Desai
Websitewww.kishwardesai.com

Kishwar Desai (née Rosha) (born 1 December 1956) is an Indian author and columnist. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa Book Award in 2010 for Best First Novel and has been translated into over 25 languages. It was also shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.[1][2] Her novel Origins of Love, published in June 2012, was critically acclaimed.[3][4][5] The Sea of Innocence, published in 2014 in India as well as in the UK and Australia, was widely discussed as it dealt with the issue of gang rape. Desai also has a biography, Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt, to her credit.[6] She wrote her latest book in 2020, released on 28 December, titled, The Longest Kiss.

  1. ^ "No Girlhoods" Archived 31 January 2013 at archive.today. Outlook India. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. ^ "Two books on India in UK literary award shortlist". The Times of India. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-28.[1]
  3. ^ "No Girlhoods". Outlook India. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  4. ^ "Origins of Love". The Independent. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-28
  5. ^ "Origins of Love". ABC Radio National. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  6. ^ "The Queen and the Commoner". India Today. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-28.