Anita Rau Badami

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Anita Rau Badami ( Oriya ଅନିତା ରାଉ ବାଦାମୀ ) (born September 24, 1961 in Rourkela ) is an Indian author from the Odisha region who has lived in Canada since 1991. She is best known for her novels , some of which are set in her native India. Her works have received several awards.

Life

Anita Rau Badami moved frequently during her childhood as her father worked as an engineer for the railroad. Storytelling was common in her family, and Anita Rau Badami was an avid reader even as a child. She always attended Catholic schools, which, according to her own statements, were considered the best schools in India until recently.

Anita Rau Badami studied English at the University of Madras and journalism at Sophia College, University of Mumbai . She received her Masters degree from the University of Calgary . Her novel Railway and Ginger was written as part of her master's thesis.

Before devoting herself entirely to writing novels, Anita Rau Badami worked as a journalist in India . She also published several stories for children in magazines. In her novels, Anita Rau Badami deals with family stories that take place between India and Canada. Her works were consistently received positively by the feature pages. She is considered an author with a fresh and clear view, humor and a deep understanding of people.

2014–2015 Anita Rau Badami was Writer in Residence at Athabasca University . The residency was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts .

Anita Rau Badami is also interested in other art forms and paints and draws in addition to writing.

Her debut volume Tamarind Mem (published in the USA as Tamarind Woman ) was translated into German by Gloria Ernst and printed by Goldmann Verlag with the title Im Schatten der Tamarinde .

Works (selection)

  • Tell it to the trees. Novel. AA Knopf Canada, Toronto 2011
  • Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? Novel. AA Knopf Canada, Toronto 2006
  • The Hero's Walk: A Novel. Novel. AA Knopf Canada, Toronto 2000
  • Tamarind Mem. Roman. Viking, Toronto 1996
    • USA: Tamarind Woman.
    • Übers. Gloria Ernst: In the shadow of the tamarind. Goldmann, Munich 1998

Awards (selection)

literature

  • Terence Byrnes: Anita Rau Badami in Her Home . In: Closer to Home: The Author and the Author Portrait . Véhicule Press, Montréal 2008, pp. 104-105 .
  • Peggy Meier: Women and Hinduism in Anita Rau Badami's The Hero's Walk . 1st edition. GRIN Verlag , Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-638-58067-0 .
  • Tara Lee: Reproducing dominant national paradigms in Wayson Choy 's "The Jade Peony" and Anita Rau Badami's "Tamarind Mem". in: Marie Carrière, Catherine Khordoc Eds .: Migrance comparée - Comparing Migration: Les Littératures du Canada et du Québec - The Literatures of Canada and Québec. Series: Littératures de langue française, 5. Peter Lang , Bern 2008, pp. 75–90

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lisa Mickley: Badami, Anita Rau. Postcolonial Studies @ Emory, 1998, accessed November 25, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Anita Rau Badami. Ryerson University , accessed November 25, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Anita Rau Badami. The Canadian Encyclopedia , accessed November 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Linda Richards: Anita Rau Badami. January Magazine, August 2000, accessed November 25, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Anita Rau Badami. Athabasca University , accessed November 25, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Mark Medley: The Art of Fiction: Anita Rau Badami juggles writing with other artistic pursuits. National Post , October 21, 2011, accessed November 25, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Badami, Anita Rau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian author
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Rourkela