| Name(s) |
BHARATI MUKHERJEE |
| Date of
Birth |
July 27, 1940
– Calcutta, West Bengal, India. |
|
Identity |
India-born American
Novelist, Writer, Professor. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
Novels authored by her: ·
The Tiger's Daughter (1971) · Wife (1975) · Jasmine (1989) · The
Holder of the World (1993) · Leave It to Me (1997) · Desirable
Daughters (2002) · The Tree Bride (2004) · Miss New India(2011) |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- She did her B.A. from University
of Calcutta and M.A. from University
of Baroda in India.
- Then she moved to USA for
further studies; she received her
M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) from
the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1963
and completed her Ph.D. in 1969.
- She along with her husband,
Clark Blaise, co-authored ‘Days
and Nights in Calcutta’
(1977).
- They also wrote the 1987 work,
The Sorrow and the Terror:
The Haunting Legacy of the Air India
Tragedy (Air India Flight
182).
- She claims that while India had
been a wonderful root and home for
her, but now her roots are here in
America.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
1988: National Book Critics Circle Award
(The Middleman and Other Stories). |
