# Kishwar Desai

> Kishwar, Lady Desai is an Indian author and columnist. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa Book Award in 2010 for Best First Novel and has been translated into over 25 languages. It was also shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Her novel Origins of Love, published in June 2012, was critically acclaimed. The Sea of Innocence, published in 2014 in India as well as in the UK and Australia, was widely discussed as it dealt with the issue of gang rape. Desai also has a biography, Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt, to her credit.

*Indian writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kishwar-desai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1956-12-01
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 45.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [كيشوار ديساى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%89)
- [কিশ্বর দেসাই](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87)
- [Kishwar Desai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishwar_Desai)
- [Kishwar Desai](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishwar_Desai)
- [किश्वर देसाई](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88)
- [ಕಿಶ್ವರ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF)
- [ਕਿਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੇਸਾਈ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88)
- [கிஷ்வர் தேசாய்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6416667)

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