Bharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee was born on July 27, 1940 to wealthy parents, Sudhir Lal and Bina Mukherjee in Calcutta, India. She learned how to read and write by the age of three. In 1947, she moved to Britain with her family at the age of eight and lived in Europe for about three and a half years. By the age of ten, Mukherjee knew that she wanted to become a writer, and had written numerous short stories.
After getting her B.A from the University of Calcutta in 1959 and her M.A. in English and Ancient Indian Culture from the University of Baroda in 1961, she came to the United States of America. Having been awarded a scholarship from the University of Iowa, earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing in 1963 and her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature in 1969. While studying at the University of Iowa, she met and married a Canadian student from Harvard, Clark Blaise, on September 19, 1963. The two writers met and, after a brief courtship, married within two weeks. Together, the two writers have produced two books along with their other independent works. Mukherjee's career a professor and her marriage to Blaise Clark has given her opportunities to teach all over the United States and Canada. Currently she is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
After getting her B.A from the University of Calcutta in 1959 and her M.A. in English and Ancient Indian Culture from the University of Baroda in 1961, she came to the United States of America. Having been awarded a scholarship from the University of Iowa, earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing in 1963 and her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature in 1969. While studying at the University of Iowa, she met and married a Canadian student from Harvard, Clark Blaise, on September 19, 1963. The two writers met and, after a brief courtship, married within two weeks. Together, the two writers have produced two books along with their other independent works. Mukherjee's career a professor and her marriage to Blaise Clark has given her opportunities to teach all over the United States and Canada. Currently she is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Published Works:
- The Tiger's Daughter, Houghton, 1972.
- Wife, Houghton, 1975.
- Kautilya's Concept of Diplomacy: A New Interpretation, Minerva, 1976.
- Days and Nights in Calcutta (nonfiction with Blaise)), Doubleday: Garden City, New York, 1977.
- An Invisible Woman, McClelland & Stewart, 1981.
- Darkness, Penguin, 1985.
- The Sorrow and the Terror: The Haunting Legacy of the Air India Tragedy, (With Blaise) Viking, 1987.
- The Middleman and Other Stories, Grove, 1988.
- Jasmine, Grove, 1989.
- Political Culture and Leadership in India (nonfiction), South Asia, 1991.
- Regionalism in Indian Perspective (nonfiction), South Asia, 1992.
- The Holder of the World, Knopf: New York City, 1993.
- Leave It to Me, A.A. Knopf: New York City, 1997.
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