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Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent. Born in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family, she was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia Polytechnic in Bombay. She emigrated to Canada in 1991, and earned an M.A. at the University of Calgary. Her first novel was Tamarind Mem (1997). In 2017, Badami was announced as chair of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury.

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  • Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent. Born in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family, she was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia Polytechnic in Bombay. She emigrated to Canada in 1991, and earned an M.A. at the University of Calgary. Her first novel was Tamarind Mem (1997). Her novels deal with the complexities of Indian family life and with the cultural gap that emerges when Indians move to the west.Badami's third novel, Can You Hear the Nightbird Call explores the Golden Temple Massacre and the Air India Bombing. 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.In 2015 Badami was writer-in-residence at Athabasca University in Edmonton. In 2016 The Hero's Walk was listed as one of the five finalists for the CBC Canada Reads competition. In 2017, Badami was announced as chair of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury. (en)
  • Anita Rau Badami (Oriya ଅନିତା ରାଉ ବାଦାମୀ) (geboren 24. September 1961 in Rourkela) ist eine indische Autorin aus der Region Odisha, die seit 1991 in Kanada lebt. Sie ist vor allem für ihre Romane bekannt, die teilweise in ihrem Heimatland Indien spielen. Ihre Werke wurden mehrfach ausgezeichnet. (de)
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  • Anita Rau Badami (Oriya ଅନିତା ରାଉ ବାଦାମୀ) (geboren 24. September 1961 in Rourkela) ist eine indische Autorin aus der Region Odisha, die seit 1991 in Kanada lebt. Sie ist vor allem für ihre Romane bekannt, die teilweise in ihrem Heimatland Indien spielen. Ihre Werke wurden mehrfach ausgezeichnet. (de)
  • Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent. Born in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family, she was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia Polytechnic in Bombay. She emigrated to Canada in 1991, and earned an M.A. at the University of Calgary. Her first novel was Tamarind Mem (1997). In 2017, Badami was announced as chair of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury. (en)
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