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Anita Rau Badami
(born 24 September 1961) is an
Indian-Canadian
novelist. Born in
Rourkela
,
Orissa
,
India
, she was educated at the
University of Madras
and
Sophia College
in
Bombay
. She emigrated to
Canada
in 1991, and earned an
M.A.
at the
University of Calgary
. Her first novel,
Tamarind Mem
(1997), grew out of her university thesis.
Her critically acclaimed novels deal with the complexities of Indian family life and with the cultural gap that emerges when Indians move to the west.
Badami cites as among her favourite books
Midnight's Children
by
Salman Rushdie
,
Cat's Eye
and
Surfacing
by
Margaret Atwood
,
A House for Mr Biswas
by
V. S. Naipaul
and
Housekeeping
by
Marilynne Robinson
.
Bibliography
Tamarind Mem
- 1997 ISBN 0670869163 (U.S. title:
Tamarind Woman
- 2002)
The Hero's Walk
- 2001 ISBN 067697225X
Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?
- 2006
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