Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography
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Age: 68 Years
Hometown: Texas, United States
Husband: Murthy
Bio/Wiki | |
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Profession(s) | Poet, Writer, Lecturer |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Awards | 1996: America Book Award for her short story Arranged Marriage 1996: PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award for her short story Arranged Marriage 1997: Pushcart Prize for her poem Leaving Yuba City 2003: Pushcart Prize for her novel The Lives of Strangers 2007: Distinguished Writer Award from the South Asian Literary Association 2022: FICCI Fiction Book of the Year for The Last Queen (2021) |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 29 July 1956 (Sunday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 68 Years |
Birthplace | Kolkata, West Bengal |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Signature | |
Nationality | American |
Hometown | Houston, Texas, United States |
College/University | • University of Calcutta, West Bengal • Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio, United States • University of California, Berkeley |
Educational Qualification | • A Bachelor's Degree from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal • A Master's Degree from Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio, United States • PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley |
Religion | Hinduism [1]Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - Instagram |
Hobbies | Travelling, Cooking |
Social Media | • Instagram |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Marriage Date | 15 February 1979 |
Family | |
Husband/Spouse | Murthy |
Children | Son(s)- Anand, Abhay |
Parents | Father- Rajendra Kumar Banerjee (Accountant) Mother- Tatini Banerjee (School Teacher) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Chitra worked in many odd jobs like a babysitter, a store clerk, and as a bread slicer in a bakery while completing her graduation.
- She worked as a lab assistant at the Wright State University.
- She worked as a dining hall assistant at the International House in Berkeley.
- She is an Indian American author, poet and Betty and Gene McDavid professor of writing at the University of Houston creative writing program.
- She also worked as a teacher at Foothill College and Diablo Valley College.
- She started her career as a poet. Her volume of poetry includes Black candle and leaving Yuba City.
- Some of Chitra’s fictional novels include The Mistress of Spices (1997), Sister of My Heart (1999), Palace of Illusion (2008), Before we visit a Goddess (2016), The Forest of Enchantments (2019), The Last Queen (2021), Independence (2022).
- Her work has been translated into 30 different languages including Dutch, Hebrew, Bengali, Hungarian, Turkish, Hindi and Japanese.
- She has written novels of various genres like historical fiction, magical realism, realistic fiction and fantasy.
- Her stories have been made into films, plays, dance dramas and performed at operas.
- Her novel Sister of My Heart (1999) was adapted into a Tamil TV series Anbulla Snegithiye aired in India.
- In 2005, her novel The Mistress of Spices was adapted into a film starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
- Her book Arranger Marriage: stories (1995) were made into a play and was performed at America and Canada. Her novel palace of illusion (2008) was performed in USA and India.
- In 2015, she was named as the 20 most influential Global Indian Women in the Economics Times.
- Divakaruni’s work has been published in many popular magazines like The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker.
- She supports various NGO’s like Pratham that supports the education of the underprivileged children in India, Akshaya Patra foundation which provides mid-day-meal to the school students.
- She is the founding member and president of Maitri India, a helpline for South Asian women which help the survivors of domestic violence.
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