Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai

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Kiran Desai is the working president of the Pune Bus and Car Owners Association, who commented on the state of private bus operations in the context of the inter-state transport disruptions between Karnataka and Maharashtra.

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Kiran Desai is an author who wrote a novel about loneliness and has received the Booker Prize for her previous work.

Autorin Kiran Desai im Interview
Neue Zürcher Zeitung·SwitzerlandSwitzerland· 2026-06-19
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Kiran Desai was among the shortlisted authors for the 2025 Booker Prize.

‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’ – The Irish Times
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·IrelandIreland· 2025-11-15
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Kiran Desai was one of the finalists for the Booker Prize.

Writer David Szalay wins Booker Prize for fiction for ‘Flesh’ | Entertainment
The Gleaner – major Jamaican newspaper, est. 1834·JamaicaJamaica· 2025-11-13
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Kiran Desai was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025.

Назван победитель Букеровской премии 2025 года
Наша Ніва (Nasha Niva)·BelarusBelarus· 2025-11-11
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Kiran Desai was nominated for the Booker Prize and previously won it in 2006.

David Szalay gewinnt Booker Prize für „Was nicht gesagt werden kann“ - Kultur
Süddeutsche Zeitung·GermanyGermany· 2025-11-11
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The front-runners according to betting markets were Indian author Desai for globe-spanning saga The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.

David Szalay wins for ‘Flesh’, beating Andrew Miller and Kiran Desai
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-11
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Flesh won out over five other short-listed books: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Indian author Kiran Desai.

Canadian-born author David Szalay wins the Booker Prize for his novel Flesh
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-11-11
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Kiran Desai is mentioned as a previous Booker Prize winner.

David Szalay hlýtur Booker-verðlaunin
Morgunblaðið·IcelandIceland· 2025-11-11
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Kiran Desai is the author of Booker Prize-winner The Inheritance of Loss and has written a new novel titled The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.

10 new books to read this November
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-08
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Kiran Desai is an Indian-American novelist who won the Booker Prize for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.

‘Fame is a kind of hell. I have seen the dark side of this culture’ – The Irish Times
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·IrelandIreland· 2025-10-04
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Kiran Desai is the Indian author of the novel The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.

koga je v finale uvrstila žirija z igralko iz Seksa v mestu?
Delo – major Slovenian daily, est. 1959·SloveniaSlovenia· 2025-09-24
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Indian author Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny also made the short list along with The Land in Winter by British author Andrew Miller.

Canadian-born author David Szalay’s book Flesh shortlisted for Booker Prize
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-09-23
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Kiran Desai is a novelist who won the Booker prize in 2006 for her book The Inheritance of Loss.

Kiran Desai: ‘I never thought it would happen in the US’ | Books
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-09-20
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Kiran Desai won the Man Booker in 2006 for Inheritance of Loss and has been shortlisted for the 2026 award.

Red carpet & flags - Newspaper
Dawn – Pakistan’s oldest and most widely read English daily, est. 1941·PakistanPakistan· 2025-09-20
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Kiran Desai is a former Booker Prize winner included in the 2025 Booker Prize longlist.

Langlisti Booker-verðlaunanna kynntur
Morgunblaðið·IcelandIceland· 2025-08-10
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Kiran Desai is a past winner of the Booker Prize and her work is included in the shortlist for this year's award.

Okoli sveta v trinajstih romanih
Delo – major Slovenian daily, est. 1959·SloveniaSlovenia· 2025-07-31
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Indian author Kiran Desai, who won the Booker Prize and then didn’t publish a novel for almost two decades, is up for the award again with her long-awaited follow-up.

Two Canadian authors nominated for Booker Prize as former winner Kiran Desai makes long-awaited return
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-07-30
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Kiran Desai, the Indian author who won the Booker Prize in 2006, has been longlisted again with her new novel.

‘alive with great characters and narrative surprises’ says chair of judges Roddy Doyle – The Irish Times
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·IrelandIreland· 2025-07-29
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Desai makes the longlist with her first book since her Booker prize-winning 2006 novel The Inheritance of Loss.

Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw | Booker prize
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-07-29
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Kiran Desai, the working president of the Pune Bus and Car Owners Association, said private operations were not hampered until now.

Language logjam keeps Karnataka, Maharashtra government buses stalled; thousands affected | Pune News
The Times of India·IndiaIndia· 2025-02-23
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