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Born	September 3, 1971 (age 53) • Delhi • India
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (2006)
Notable Works	“Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard” • “The Inheritance of Loss”
Notable Family Members	mother Anita Desai

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