Anita Rau Badami | |
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Born | Rourkela, Odisha, India | September 24, 1961
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
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Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent. [1]
Badami was born 24 September 1961 in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family. [2]
She attended Sophia College, where she studied Social Communications Media, and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Madras. [3]
Badami married in 1984; her son was born in 1987. [4]
In 1991, she immigrated to Canada, then attended the University of Calgary, where she received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing in 1995. [3] In 1997, her thesis project was published under the title Tamarind Mem. [3]
Badami began her career in India as a copywriter and freelance journalist.
After moving to Canada in 1991, she published her first novel, Tamarind Mem, in 1997.
In 2015 Badami was writer-in-residence at Athabasca University in Edmonton. [5]
In 2017, Badami was chair of the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury. [6] [7]
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. [8]
In 2000, Badami won the Marian Engel Award to honour her body of work. [3] [7]
In 2016, The Hero's Walk was listed as one of the five finalists for the CBC Canada Reads competition. [7] [9]
In 2019, CBC Books included Badami on their "100 writers in Canada the world should read" list. [10]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | The Hero's Walk | Kiriyama Prize for Fiction | ||
2001 | Commonwealth Book Prize: Canada and the Caribbean | Winner | [3] [11] | |
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize | Shortlist | |||
2002 | Orange Prize for Fiction | Longlist | ||
Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [7] [9] | |
Orange Prize for Fiction | Longlist | [7] [9] | ||
2012 | Tell It to the Trees | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [12] |
2013 | OLA Evergreen Award | Shortlist | [13] |
Anita Rau Badami | |
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Born | Rourkela, Odisha, India | September 24, 1961
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Website | |
www |
Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent. [1]
Badami was born 24 September 1961 in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family. [2]
She attended Sophia College, where she studied Social Communications Media, and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Madras. [3]
Badami married in 1984; her son was born in 1987. [4]
In 1991, she immigrated to Canada, then attended the University of Calgary, where she received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing in 1995. [3] In 1997, her thesis project was published under the title Tamarind Mem. [3]
Badami began her career in India as a copywriter and freelance journalist.
After moving to Canada in 1991, she published her first novel, Tamarind Mem, in 1997.
In 2015 Badami was writer-in-residence at Athabasca University in Edmonton. [5]
In 2017, Badami was chair of the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury. [6] [7]
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. [8]
In 2000, Badami won the Marian Engel Award to honour her body of work. [3] [7]
In 2016, The Hero's Walk was listed as one of the five finalists for the CBC Canada Reads competition. [7] [9]
In 2019, CBC Books included Badami on their "100 writers in Canada the world should read" list. [10]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | The Hero's Walk | Kiriyama Prize for Fiction | ||
2001 | Commonwealth Book Prize: Canada and the Caribbean | Winner | [3] [11] | |
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize | Shortlist | |||
2002 | Orange Prize for Fiction | Longlist | ||
Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [7] [9] | |
Orange Prize for Fiction | Longlist | [7] [9] | ||
2012 | Tell It to the Trees | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [12] |
2013 | OLA Evergreen Award | Shortlist | [13] |