Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956) is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart), as well as a short story (The Word Love) were adapted into films.
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| Date of birth | 29 July 1957
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| Place of birth | Kolkata, India
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is known for her role in the film The Mistress of Spices (2005) as (novel).
She is also known for her role in the TV series English Composition: Writing for an Audience (2001) as English Teacher.
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