# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:33:56.646Z

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name: "Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni"
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description: "Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels, as well as a short story were adapted into films."
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birthDate: "1956-07-29"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump