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Vikram Chandra

Biography

Vikram Chandra

Vikram Chandra was
born in New Delhi. His first novel, RED EARTH AND POURING RAIN
(1995), won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and
the David Higham Prize for Fiction. His collection of short
stories, LOVE AND LONGING IN BOMBAY (1997), won the Commonwealth
Writers' Prize for Best Book (Eurasia Region) and was a New
York Times
Notable Book. Vikram Chandra divides his time
between Mumbai and Berkeley, where he teaches at the University of
California. His work has been translated into eleven
languages.

Books by Vikram Chandra