Shobhaa De
Shobhaa De , also Shobhaa Dé (* 7. January 1948 as Anuradha Rajadhyaksha in Maharashtra ) is an Indian author . The Mumbai-based author is married with six children.
She studied psychology at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai and began a career as a model when she was 17 . In 1970, when she was 22, she started working as a journalist and founded three successful magazines: the movie magazine Stardust , Society and Celebrity. In 1988 she started writing novels and has been a freelance writer ever since.
Her 13 books, including nine novels, and her guides Surviving Men and Speedpost: Letters to My Children and her autobiography Selective Memory: Stories from My Life were all bestsellers in India. Her columns in Bombay Times , The Sunday Times and the Week reach a readership of 10 million a month. The Bombay Times column is also published in the Delhi , Kolkata , Bangalore , and Ahmedabad editions of the Times of India .
literature
German:
- Shobhaa De: Glitzernacht, Roman, dtv premium in large format, translated by Uschi Gnade, 2006, ISBN 3-423-24567-0
- Shobhaa De: half sisters
- Shobhaa De: Nights in Bombay (Socialite evenings) ISBN 978-3-89897-579-7 , Weltbild-Verlag 2007
Publications in India:
- Socialite Evenings - Penguin, New Delhi, 1989
- Starry nights - Penguin, New Delhi, 1991
- Sisters - Penguin, New Delhi, 1992
- Uncertain Liaisons - Penguin, New Delhi, 1993
- Shooting from the hip - UBS, Delhi, 1994
- Sultry Days - Penguin, New Delhi, 1994
- Small betrayals - UBS Publishers' Distributors, 1995
- Second Thoughts - Penguin, New Delhi, 1996
- Selective Memory - Penguin, New Delhi, 1998
- Surviving Men - Penguin, New Delhi, 1998
- Speedpost - Penguin, New Delhi, 1999
- Strange obsession
- Snapshots
- Spouse
Great Britain:
- Shobhaa Dé: Socialite Evenings, Simon & Schuster, 1995
- Shobhaa Dé: Sultry Days, Simon & Schuster, 1995
Web links
- Literature by and about Shobhaa De in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on penguinbooksindia.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De, Shobhaa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dé, Shobhaa; Rajadhyaksha, Anuradha (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maharashtra |