Anita Rau Badami was born in India, in 1961. Her first novel was the hugely successful bestseller Tamarind Mem. Her bestselling second novel, The Hero’s Walk, won the Regional Commonwealth Writers Prize, Italy’s Premio Berto and was also named a Washington Post Best Book of 2001. It was also longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction, and shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize and the 2016 Canada Reads competition. Both novels have been published in many countries throughout the world. The recipient of the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career, Badami has been living in Montreal since 2003.
Anita Rau Badami
About the Author
Books written by Anita Rau Badami
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Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?
Published in 2006
- Finalist — The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2006
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Tell It to the Trees
Published in 2011
- Finalist — The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2012
