Key facts
- Born
- 1956, Kolkata
- State of birth
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Sector
- Journalism & media
- Profession
- Novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
- Gender
- Female
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Biography
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 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, as well as a short story were adapted into films.
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Timeline
- 1996Awarded the American Book Awards
- 1997Awarded the Pushcart Prize
- 2003Awarded the Pushcart Prize
- 2011Awarded the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
Sources & licences
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