Key facts
- Born
- 12 December 1942, Delhi
- Died
- 16 September 2023, Delhi
- State of birth
- Delhi, Delhi
- Sector
- Journalism & media
- Profession
- Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023)
- Gender
- Female
Biography
Gita Mehta was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. As an author she published five books which were translated into 21 languages. Her works described aspects of life in India and were intended to interpret the country for a largely western audience.
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Timeline
- 1942Born in Delhi
- 2021Awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 2023Dies in Delhi
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5