Bharati Mukherjee

Speaking in the US Ambassador's residence in Israel, June 11, 2004
Born:	July 27, 1940 (1940-07-27) (age 66) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupation:	Professor, Novelist, Essayist, Short Story Writer, Author, Fiction Writer, Nonfiction Writer
Nationality:	India, United States, Canada
Genres:	Novels, Short Stories, Essays, Travel Literature, Journalism.
Influences:	Bernard Malamud, Henry Roth

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Biography

Of Bengali origin, Mukherjee was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She later traveled with her parents to Europe after Independence, only returning to Calcutta in the early 1950s. There she attended the Loreto School, Kolkata. She received her B.A. from the University of Calcutta in 1959 and her M.A. from the University of Baroda in 1961. She next traveled to the United States to study at the University of Iowa. She received her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1963 and her Ph.D. in 1969 from the department of Comparative Literature. Bengali Brahmins are those Brahmins who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal, and Bangladesh. ... // The socio-cultural capital and aesthetic conscience of India Kolkata has been regarded since ages as the cultural capital of India. ... West Bengal   (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Loreto School, Kolkata is a Catholic school in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. ... This is a list of notable people connected to the University of Calcutta. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Maharaja Sayajirao University, named after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the visionary ruler of Baroda (Vadodara) , is one of the premier universities of India and the largest university in the city of Baroda in Gujarat, India. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The University of Iowa -- or Iowa for short -- is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, on the banks of the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa is a prestigious college and graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Mukherjee married writer Clark Blaise in 1963. Together they have written two works of non-fiction, Days and Nights in Calcutta (1977) and The Sorrow and the Terror: The Haunting Legacy of the Air India Tragedy (1987). After more than a decade living in Canada (Montreal and Toronto), Mukherjee, Blaise, and their children returned to the United States. Mukherjee wrote of the decision in "An Invisible Woman", published in a 1981 issue of Saturday Night. Clark Blaise (born 1940) is a Canadian author currently living in San Francisco. ... Days and Nights in Calcutta is a work of non-fiction by Bharati Mukherjee and her husband Clark Blaise. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (in unity, prosperity) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Saturday Night is a Canadian general interest magazine. ...

Mukherjee has taught at McGill University, Skidmore College, Queens College, and City University of New York. McGill University is a publicly funded, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Skidmores main entrance. ... Queens College, Queens College or Queens College is the name of more than one institution, see: Queens College, Cambridge Queens College, Charlotte Queens College, Hong Kong Queens College, London Queens College, New York Queens College, Nassau The Queens College, Oxford Queens College was the... The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym: IPA pronunciation: ), is the public university system of New York City. ...

Works

An early and popular work of fiction is Jasmine 1989. In this novel, a young Indian woman becomes an illegal immigrant to the United States and acculturates by taking on a series of different identities. Jasmine (1989) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee set in the present about a young Indian woman in the United States who, trying to adapt to the American way of life in order to be able to survive, changes identities several times. ... See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For the 1983 Genesis song, see Illegal Alien (song) Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. ...

Mukherjee strives in her novels to understand what is meant by the idea of an American identity, and whether in a world of hybridity and multiplicity, such a notion can exist. This is particularly evident in her more recent works The Holder of the World (1993), Leave It to Me (1997) and Desirable Daughters (2002) . Her latest novel is The Tree Bride, (2004). The Holder of the World, (1993) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Leave It to Me 1997 is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Desirable Daughters (2002) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Tree Bride, (2004) is the latest work by Bharati Mukherjee. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mukerjee is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

Bibliography

Novels

• The Tiger's Daughter (1971)
• Wife (1975)
• Jasmine (1989)
• The Holder of the World (1993)
• Leave It to Me (1997)
• Desirable Daughters (2002)
• The Tree Bride (2004)

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Short stories

• Darkness (1985)
• The Middleman and Other Stories (1988)

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Memoir

• Days and Nights in Calcutta (1977, with Clark Blaise)

Days and Nights in Calcutta is a work of non-fiction by Bharati Mukherjee and her husband Clark Blaise. ... Clark Blaise (born 1940) is a Canadian author currently living in San Francisco. ...

Non-fiction

• The Sorrow and the Terror: The Haunting Legacy of the Air India Tragedy (1987, with Clark Blaise)
• Political Culture and Leadership in India (1991)
• Regionalism in Indian Perspective (1992)

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Awards

• 1988: National Book Critics Circle Award (The Middleman and Other Stories).

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See also

• Indian English literature

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References

• Abcarian, Richard and Marvin Klotz. "Bharati Mukherjee." In Literature: The Human Experience, 9th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006: 1581-1582.
• Alter, Stephen and Wimal Dissanayake (ed.). "Nostalgia by Bharati Mukherjee." The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories. New Delhi, Middlesex, New York: Penguin Books, 1991: 28-40.
• Kerns-Rustomji, Roshni. "Bharati Mukherjee." In The Heath Anthology of American Literature, 5th edition, Vol. E. Paul Lauter and Richard Yarborough (eds.). New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006: 2693-2694.
• New, W. H., ed. "Bharati Mukerjee." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 763-764.
• Selvadurai, Shyam (ed.). "Bharati Mukherjee:The Management of Grief." Story-Wallah: A Celebration of South Asian Fiction. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005:91-108.

External links

Author website

• Author Website at Grove Press

Biographies:

• Literary Encyclopedia (entry in-progress)
• SAWNET
• Voices from the Gaps
• Emory
• BBC World Service
• Edwardsly
• AMSAW
• NOW
• Infoplease
• Biography by Jaideep
• Biography by Juhi Upmanyu

Interviews:

• PBS Interview with Bill Moyers
• Jouvert Interview
• Beatrice Interview 1997
• Powells Interview (April 2002)
• A conversation with Bharati Mukherjee (February 2003)

Misc.:

• Bibliography (secondary material) from PAL
• BBC World Service
• A Declaration of Independence
• Further links

Articles

• Looting American Culture: Bharati Mukherjee's Immigrant Narratives