Canadian writer
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Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent.
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Personal life and education
Badami was born 24 September 1961 in
Rourkela ,
Odisha , India, to a South Indian
Kannada -speaking family.
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She attended
Sophia College , where she studied Social Communications Media, and received a
Bachelor of Arts in English from the
University of Madras .
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Badami married in 1984; her son was born in 1987.
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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.
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Career
Badami 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.
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In 2017, Badami was chair of the
Scotiabank Giller Prize jury.
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Influences
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 .
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Awards and honors
In 2000, Badami won the
Marian Engel Award to honour her body of work.
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In 2016, The Hero's Walk was listed as one of the five finalists for the CBC Canada Reads competition.
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In 2019,
CBC Books included Badami on their "100 writers in Canada the world should read" list.
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Bibliography
References
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"Anita Rau Badami" . Canadian Writers .
Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022 .
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"Anita Rau Badami - Interview" .
January Magazine .
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"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 .
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"Introducing the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury" .
Scotiabank Giller Prize .
Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023 .
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"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 .
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"Anita Rau Badami" .
CBC Books . 6 March 2019.
Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
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"Tamarind Woman" .
Kirkus Reviews . 15 December 2001.
Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023 .
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"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 .
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"The Hero's Walk" .
Kirkus Reviews . 15 February 2001.
Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2023 .
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"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.
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"Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?" .
Quill and Quire . 12 August 2013.
Archived from the original on 4 June 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2023 .
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"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
Marian Engel Award (1986-2007) Timothy Findley Award (2002-2007) Engel/Findley Award (2008-present)
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