Bapsi Sidhwa [SEP] date of birth
Bapsi Sidhwa
Bapsi Sidhwa (; born August 11, 1938) is an American–Pakistani novelist of Gujarati Parsi descent who writes in English and is resident in the United States.
She is best known for her collaborative work with Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta: Sidhwa wrote both the 1991 novel "Ice Candy Man" which served as the basis for Mehta's 1998 film "Earth" as well as the 2006 novel "Water: A Novel" on which is based Mehta's 2005 film "Water." A
1980, England; 1982, US)
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- Literary Encyclopedia
- Voices from the Gaps
- SAWNET
- Biography
- Profile of Bapsi Sidhwa
- Sense of the City: Lahore (BBC Online article by Bapsi Sidhwa
- Displacing Androcracy: Cosmopolitan Partnerships in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Water http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/2293/0