Upamanyu chatterjee biography books
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Indian writer
Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959) is an author and a retired Indian civil servant. His works include the novel English, August: An Indian story, The Last Burden, The Mammaries of the Welfare State and Weight Loss. In 2008, he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to literature.[1]
Biography
Chatterjee was born in 1959[2] in Patna, Bihar.[3][1] He attended Delhi University, graduated from St. Stephens College, and became a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Serviceofficer.[1][3] He became a Writer in Residence at the University of Kent in 1990. He became a Director in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India in 1998.[3]
Major works
Chatterjee has written and published short stories since the 1980s, including stories republished in the 2019 collection The Assassination of Indira Gandhi.[4][5] Biography books for 4th graders!