Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.
You can find people similar to Kiran Desai by visiting our lists Novelists from Delhi and Writers from Delhi.
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Date of birth | 3 September 1971
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Kiran Desai is known for her role in the film Pari (2018) as legal advisor.
She is also known for her role in the TV series Charlie Rose (1991) as Herself - Guest.
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