Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent.[1]
| Anita Rau Badami | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 24, 1961 Rourkela, Odisha, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Website | |
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Personal life and education
editBadami was born 24 September 1961 in Rourkela, Odisha, India, to a South Indian Kannada-speaking family.[2]
She attended Sophia College, where she studied Social Communications Media, and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Madras.[3]
Badami married in 1984; her son was born in 1987.[4]
In 1991, she immigrated to Canada, then attended the University of Calgary, where she received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing in 1995.[3] In 1997, her thesis project was published under the title Tamarind Mem.[3]
Career
editBadami began her career in India as a copywriter and freelance journalist.
After moving to Canada in 1991, she published her first novel, Tamarind Mem, in 1997.
In 2015 Badami was writer-in-residence at Athabasca University in Edmonton.[5]
In 2017, Badami was chair of the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury.[6][7]
Influences
editBadami 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.[8]
Awards and honours
editIn 2000, Badami won the Marian Engel Award to honour her body of work.[3][7]
In 2016, The Hero's Walk was listed as one of the five finalists for the CBC Canada Reads competition.[7][9]
In 2019, CBC Books included Badami on their "100 writers in Canada the world should read" list.[10]
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Hero's Walk | Kiriyama Prize for Fiction | ||
| 2001 | Commonwealth Book Prize: Canada and the Caribbean | Winner | [3][11] | |
| Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize | Shortlist | |||
| 2002 | Orange Prize for Fiction | Longlist | ||
| Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [7][9] | |
| Orange Prize for Fiction | Longlist | [7][9] | ||
| 2012 | Tell It to the Trees | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [12] |
| 2013 | OLA Evergreen Award | Shortlist | [13] |
Bibliography
edit- Tamarind Mem. Viking Penguin. 1997. ISBN 9780670874552.[14][15][16]
- The Hero's Walk. Alfred A. Knopf Canada. 2001. ISBN 9780676972252.[17][18][19][20][21]
- Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?. Knopf Canada. 2006. ISBN 9780676976045.[22]
- Tell It to the Trees. Knopf Canada. 2011. ISBN 9780676978933.[23]
References
edit- ^ "Anita Rau Badami". Canadian Writers. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Richards, Linda (August 2000). "Anita Rau Badami - Interview". January Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Anita Rau Badami". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Mickley, Lisa (May 2017). "Badami, Anita Rau – Postcolonial Studies". Emory University. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Jacobsen, Scott (25 March 2016). "Anita Rau Badami: An Interview". The Voice. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Introducing the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury". Scotiabank Giller Prize. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Robertson, Becky (16 January 2017). "Anita Rau Badami to chair 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Tancock, Kat (30 September 2006). "Interview with author Anita Rau Badami". Canadian Living. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Anita Rau Badami". CBC Books. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "100 writers in Canada the world should read". CBC Books. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987–2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2007.
- ^ Carter, Sue (12 November 2012). "deWitt and Edugyan among 20 Canadian authors longlisted for IMPAC". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Sequeira, Natalie (4 February 2013). "OLA announces shortlist for 2013 Evergreen Award". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Sethi, Robbie Clipper. "Tamarind Mem". IndiaStar. Archived from the original on 3 February 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Tamarind Woman". Kirkus Reviews. 15 December 2001. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "TAMARIND WOMAN by Anita Rau Badami". Publishers Weekly. 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Hansen, Suzy (19 April 2001). ""The Hero's Walk" by Anita Rau Badami". Salon. Archived from the original on 24 September 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "The Hero's Walk". Kirkus Reviews. 15 February 2001. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami". Publishers Weekly. 1 April 2001. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Bhatta, Bishnu Prasad (2009). Quest for Female Identity in Anita Rau Badami'sThe Hero's Walk (Thesis thesis). Central Departmental of English. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Karthika, C. (June 2018). "Dislocated Self: A Study of Immigrant Psyche in Anita Rau Badami's The Hero's Walk". Language in India. 18 (6): 81–85.
- ^ "Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?". Quill and Quire. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Tell It to the Trees". Quill and Quire. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
External links
edit- Arora, Anupama (November 2010). ""My Books are About Small Details, the Daily Business of Living": An Interview with Anita Rau Badami". South Asian Review. 31 (1): 307–323. doi:10.1080/02759527.2010.11932742. ISSN 0275-9527.
- Kozminuk, Angela (7 October 1996). "Arts: A conversation with Anita Rau Badami". Archived from the original on 10 November 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- Ryan, Laurel (June 2008). "Constructing "Home": Eros, Thanatos, and Migration in the Novels of Anita Rau Badami". South Asian Review. 29 (1): 156–174. doi:10.1080/02759527.2008.11932583. ISSN 0275-9527.
- Härting, Heike (2003). "Diasporic Cross-Currents in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost and Anita Rau Badami's The Hero's Walk". Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne. 28 (1): 43–70. ISSN 0380-6995.