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Also Known As	Anita Mazumdar
Born	June 24, 1937 (age 89) • Mussoorie • India
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (2006)
Notable Works	“Baumgartner’s Bombay” • “Clear Light of Day” • “Cry, the Peacock” • “Fasting, Feasting” • “Fire on the Mountain” • “The Artist of Disappearance” • “The Inheritance of Loss” • “The Zigzag Way” • “Where Shall We Go This Summer?”
Notable Family Members	daughter Kiran Desai