Contribution of Kiran Desai

 Kiran Desai is one of the most insightful Indian novelist who got recognition worldwide with her two superb novels 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard' and 'The Inheritance of Loss'. She was daughter of famous writer Anita Desai. Her mother creates good cultural atmosphere at home which gave enormous contributions to make her a prolific writer.
Kiran Desai first came to the limelight after publication of her wonderful novel 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'. She took almost four years to complete this novel. Her first novel marked the beginning of her successful career and she obtained good compliment from well known writer like Salman Rushdie. For her first novel she fetched the prestigious award 'Betty Trask Award'. She got this award because it was the best new novels among the writers under the age of 35. Kiran Desai got tremendous success in the very beginning of her literary career. It caused a motivating factor for her to write more novels.
In 2006, Kiran Desai published her second novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' which was able to grab the attention of people worldwide. This novel remained as a landmark of her successful career and she was able to grab covetous Man Booker Prize as well as the National Book Critics Circle Fiction award and Vodafone Crossword Book Award. This novel was appreciated by critics throughout Asia, Europe, and United States. The central theme of the novel is migration, living between two worlds. It portrays 80s picture of both India and the USA. She was also shortlisted for another prestigious British Book Awards Decible Writer of the Year and award for Orange Prize for Fiction of her novel 'The Inheritance Loss'.

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