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Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-

LC control no.n 91078318
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3554.I86
Personal name headingDivakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
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Variant(s)Divakaruni, Chitra Lekha Banerjee, 1956-
דיוואקרוני, צ׳יטרה בנרג׳י, 1956-
דיוואקרונ׳, צ׳יטרה בנרג׳י
LocatedHouston (Tex.)
Birth date19560729
Place of birthKolkata (India)
Field of activityEducation Children's literature Poetry Fiction Essays
AffiliationUniversity of Houston
Profession or occupationCollege teachers Authors Human rights workers
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
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Found inHer Black candle, c1991: CIP t.p. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni) data sht. (b. 7-29-56)
The palace of illusions, c2008: t.p. (Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni)
Grandma and the great gourd, 2013: title page (retold by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni) dust jacket (writes for adults and young readers; born in India; lives in Texas with her husband and family; teaches Creative Writing at the University of Houston)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, via WWW, Sept. 13, 2013 (lives in Houston, Texas; born in Kolkata, India; M.A., English, Wright State University; Ph.D., UC Berkeley)
Wikipedia, Sept. 13, 2013 (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian-American author, poet, professor, and activist; has been given many awards for her writing; a co-founder and former president of Maitri, a helpline founded in 1991 for South Asian women dealing with domestic abuse)
Associated languageeng