Anita Desai
Novelist

Anita Desai Net Worth

Anita Desai is a British fiction writer born in India on June 24, 1937. She is best known for her novel The Village By the Sea, which won the British Guardian Prize. Desai is also a university professor, teaching humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day June 24, 1937
Birth Place India
Age 86 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Cancer

💰 Net worth: $1.1 Million (2024)

About

A British fiction Writer thrice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, she is best known for her British Guardian Prize-winning novel, The Village By the Sea. Also a university professor, she taught humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Before Fame

She earned a degree in English literature from the University of Delhi in 1957.

Trivia

Her award-nominated works of fiction include Clear Light of Day, In Custy and Fasting, and Feasting.

Family Life

With her businessman husband, Ashvin Desai, she had four children.

Associated With

Her daughter, Kiran Desai , published a Booker Prize-winning work.

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