Anita Rau Badami Explained

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Anita Rau Badami
Birth Date:24 September 1961
Birth Place:Rourkela, Odisha, India
Occupation:writer
Language:English

Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is a Canadian writer of Indian descent.[1]

Personal life and education

Badami 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. In 1997, her thesis project was published under the title Tamarind Mem.

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.[5]

In 2017, Badami was chair of the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury.[6] [7]

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.[8]

Awards and honors

In 2000, Badami won the Marian Engel Award to honour her body of work.

In 2016, The Hero's Walk was listed as one of the five finalists for the CBC Canada Reads competition.[9]

In 2019, CBC Books included Badami on their "100 writers in Canada the world should read" list.[10]

Awards for Badami's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.
2000Kiriyama Prize for Fiction
2001Commonwealth Book Prize

Canada and the Caribbean

Winner[11]
Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeShortlist
2002Orange Prize for FictionLonglist
Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?International Dublin Literary AwardLonglist
Orange Prize for FictionLonglist
2012Tell It to the TreesInternational Dublin Literary AwardLonglist[12]
2013OLA Evergreen AwardShortlist[13]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anita Rau Badami . Canadian Writers . 1 June 2022 . 10 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220110200139/https://canadian-writers.athabascau.ca/english/writers/abadami/abadami.php . live .
  2. Web site: Richards . Linda . August 2000 . Anita Rau Badami - Interview . 2022-10-22 . . 30 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030081620/https://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/raubadami.html . live .
  3. Web site: 2014-04-28 . Anita Rau Badami . 2023-09-23 . . 12 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230412004415/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anita-rau-badami . live .
  4. Web site: Mickley . Lisa . May 2017 . Badami, Anita Rau – Postcolonial Studies . 2023-09-23 . . 17 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230617095728/https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/10/badami-anita-rau/ . live .
  5. Web site: Jacobsen . Scott . 2016-03-25 . Anita Rau Badami: An Interview . 2023-09-23 . . en-US . 3 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203133652/https://www.voicemagazine.org/2016/03/25/anita-rau-badami-an-interview/ . live .
  6. Web site: Introducing the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury . 2023-09-23 . . en-US . 30 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130042920/https://scotiabankgillerprize.ca/2017-scotiabank-giller-prize-jury/ . live .
  7. Web site: Robertson . Becky . 2017-01-16 . Anita Rau Badami to chair 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury . 2023-09-23 . . en . 27 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527200246/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/01/16/anita-rau-badami-to-chair-2017-scotiabank-giller-prize-jury/ . live .
  8. Web site: Tancock . Kat . 2006-09-30 . Interview with author Anita Rau Badami . 2023-09-23 . Canadian Living . 12 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812123230/https://www.canadianliving.com/life-and-relationships/community-and-current-events/article/interview-with-author-anita-rau-badami . live .
  9. Web site: 2019-03-06 . Anita Rau Badami . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230507181630/https://www.cbc.ca/books/anita-rau-badami-1.4035717 . 7 May 2023 . 2023-09-23 . CBC Books.
  10. Web site: 2019-04-23 . 100 writers in Canada the world should read . 2023-09-23 . . 1 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230401053000/https://www.cbc.ca/books/100-writers-in-canada-the-world-should-read-1.4726160 . live .
  11. Web site: Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987–2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071023223729/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/uploads/documents/Regional%20Winners%201987-20071.pdf . 23 October 2007 . Commonwealth Foundation.
  12. Web site: Carter . Sue . 2012-11-12 . deWitt and Edugyan among 20 Canadian authors longlisted for IMPAC . 2023-09-23 . . en . 3 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203110947/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/11/12/dewitt-and-edugyan-among-19-canadian-authors-longlisted-for-impac/ . live .
  13. Web site: Sequeira . Natalie . 2013-02-04 . OLA announces shortlist for 2013 Evergreen Award . 2023-09-23 . . en . 4 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304095835/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2013/02/04/ola-announces-shortlist-for-2013-evergreen-award/ . live .
  14. Web site: Sethi . Robbie Clipper . Tamarind Mem . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050203184402/http://indiastar.com/badami.html . 2005-02-03 . 2023-09-23 . IndiaStar.
  15. Web site: 2001-12-15 . Tamarind Woman . 2023-09-22 . . 23 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230923051524/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000031757/ . live .
  16. Web site: 2002-01-14 . TAMARIND WOMAN by Anita Rau Badami . 2023-09-23 . . 23 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230923051516/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781565123359 . live .
  17. Web site: Hansen . Suzy . 2001-04-19 . "The Hero's Walk" by Anita Rau Badami . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050924172752/http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/04/19/badami/index.html . 2005-09-24 . 2023-09-23 . Salon.
  18. Web site: 2001-02-15 . The Hero's Walk . 2023-09-23 . . 31 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031162248/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anita-rau-badami/the-heros-walk/ . live .
  19. Web site: 2001-04-01 . The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami . 2023-09-23 . . 23 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230923051518/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781565123120 . live .
  20. Quest for Female Identity in Anita Rau Badami'sThe Hero's Walk . Central Departmental of English . 2009 . Thesis . en-US . Bishnu Prasad . Bhatta . 23 September 2023 . 1 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230401192201/https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/408 . live .
  21. 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.
  22. Web site: 2013-08-12 . Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? . 2023-09-23 . . en . 4 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170604063042/http://www.quillandquire.com/review/can-you-hear-the-nightbird-call/ . live .
  23. Web site: 2013-08-12 . Tell It to the Trees . 2023-09-23 . . en . 29 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629025245/https://quillandquire.com/review/tell-it-to-the-trees/ . live .

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