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Anita Desai: 10 Things You Should Know About the Renowned Author

She was born on June 24, 1937, as Anita Mazumdar. She is an Indian novelist known for her work The Village by the Sea.

Aside from writing, Anita is the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was only nine years old when she published her first story.

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She Learned Different Languages at a Young Age

When Anita was younger, she grew up speaking Hindi and German because her mother was a German immigrant and her father was a Bengali businessman.  She also spoke Bengali, Urdu as well as English.

Anita was a student at Queen Mary’s Secondary School in Delhi. She later attended the University of Delhi where she received her B.A. in English Literature in 1957. 

2. Her Career in Writing Established Her Fame

The novel Cry The Peacock was published in 1963 and was a huge success because she collaborated with P.

Lal in 1958. However, Anita considered