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AWARDS
In addition, her novel Sister of my Heart was made into 5.2.1 Brotherhood of the Conch series
a television series in Tamil and aired in India, as Anbulla
The Conch Bearer (2003)
Snegithiye (Loving Friend).[5]
The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming (2005)
Her story Clothes from the collection Arranged Marriage
was adapted into a play and performed by the Sacramento
Shadowland (2009)
Theater Company in 2010 and won an award. It is being performed in May 2006 by Ryerson University in
Toronto.
5.3 Poetry
In 2013 Divakaruni wrote a chamber opera for the Hous The Reason for Nasturtiums (1990)
ton Grand Opera titled River of Light about the life of an
Indian woman in Houston. It was performed by Houston
Black Candle (1991)
Grand Opera (HGOCo) in 2014 and received excellent
reviews. It was performed by Festival Opera in the San
Leaving Yuba City (1997)
Francisco Bay area in 2015.
Indian Movie, New Jersey
Her novel One Amazing Thing has currently been optioned by the Hollywood production company Gillen
Tiger Mask RItual
Group.
Personal life
5.4 Anthologies
Multitude:Cross Cultural Readings for Writers
(1993)
We Too Sing America (1997)
California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century
(2004)
Works
5.1
Fiction
6 Awards
1995: The American Book Award for Arranged
Marriage: Stories
1995: PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary
Award for Arranged Marriage: Stories
1995: Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction
for Arranged Marriage: Stories
1997: The Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize and the
Pushcart Prize for poems in Leaving Yuba City: New
and Selected Poems
1997: Mistress of Spices shortlisted for The Orange
Prize
Before We Visit the Goddess a novel Simon & Schuster (2016) [ISBN 978-1476792002]
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1999: Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter included in Best
American Short Stories
2003: The Lives of Strangers included in O'Henry
Prize Stories
2003: Pushcart Prize for The Lives of Strangers
2007: Distinguished Writer Award from the South
Asian Literary Association
2008: University of California at International
House Berkeley Alumna of the Year Award
2009: Cultural Jewel Award from the Indian Culture
Center, Houston
2011: Light of India Jurys Award for Journalism
and Literature
2015: Premio Scanno Award for Literature, Italy.
See also
List of Indian Americans
Indian English literature
List of Asian American writers
Further reading
Merlin, Lara. The Mistress of Spices. World Literature Today. University of Oklahoma. 1 January
1998.
Johnson, Sarah Anne. Writing outside the Lines.
Writer 117(3):20 Mar 2004.
9 External links
Ocial website
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni at the Internet Movie
Database
10 References
[1] http://www.encyclopedia.com/
article-1G2-3416300043/
divakaruni-chitra-banerjee-1956.html
[2] Davis, Roco G. (2003). Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
(1956 )". In Huang, Guiyou. Asian American Short
Story Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-313-32229-5. Retrieved 2
June 2010.
[3]
[4] Bhattacharyya, Madhumita (13 March 2005). Dreams
and dislocation. The Telegraph. Calcutta, India.
[5]
[6] http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/about/background
http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=
com_content&view=article&id=455590:
magic-and-reality&catid=94:section-ii&from_
page=search
Voices from the Gaps biography
SAWNET biography
Emory Biography
SAJA Biography
Zupani, Metka (July 2012). The power of storytelling: an interview with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Contemporary Womens Writing. Oxford
Journals. 6 (2): 85101. doi:10.1093/cww/vpr023.
Writing from Two Worlds. Nirali Magazine. October 2004.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Chitra Divakaruni at Salon
Chitra Divakaruni at Random House
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Books by Chita Banerjee Divakaruni
Interview with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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