Anita Desai
Born in 1937
Anita Mazumdar Desai is a renowned Indian novelist born in 1937.
She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and is recognized for her contributions to Indian literary fiction.
Desai's works include adult novels, children's books, and short stories.
She serves on the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London.
Desai is also an Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her daughter, Kiran Desai, won the 2006 Booker Prize, further cementing the family's literary legacy.
