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*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ Noted author Githa Hariharan will be visiting Goa in mid-November. If you'd like to know more about her programme here, or even possibly organise some interaction, please contact Prava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Below is a brief update on the writer. We could perhaps gain from such guests visiting Goa while they're here... FN *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ Githa Hariharan was born in Coimbatore, India. She grew up in Bombay and Manila. She was educated in these two cities and later in the United States. She worked as a staff writer in the Public Broadcasting System in New York, and since 1979, she has worked in Bombay, Madras and New Delhi, first as an editor in a publishing house, then as a freelancer. Her first novel, The Thousand Faces of Night (1992) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. She has published a collection of stories, The Art of Dying, (1993), and a novel called The Ghosts of Vasu Master (1994). She has also edited A Southern Harvest, a volume of stories in English translation from four major South Indian languages. Her most recent work is a novel, When Dreams Travel (1999). Githa Hariharan lives in New Delhi where she works as a freelance editor. o The Thousand Faces of Night, Penguin India, 1992, The Women?s Press, UK 1996, Editions Zoe, Geneva 1996, Van Gennep, Netherlands 1996, Ediciones del Bronce, Spain 2000. o Winner of the 1993 Commonwealth Writers Prize; nominated for the IMPAC award, Dublin o The Art of Dying and Other Stories, Penguin India, 1993. o 'The Warden' nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Conjunctions, New York o The Ghosts of Vasu Master, Viking, Penguin India, 1994. o A Southern Harvest (ed.), Katha-Rupa, New Delhi, 1993. o Sorry, Best Friend! (co-edited with Shama Futehally), secular stories for children, Tulika, Madras, 1997. o When Dreams Travel, Picador UK, Picador India, 1999, Empiria, Greece 2001. Nominated for the Booker prize... ---------------------------------------------------------- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibition, Walkabout, Anjuna... (except Sundays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Nov 07 Creative science, for children, Goa Sc Centre (till 16.11) Nov 08 Friday Balcao, focuses on North Goa garbage dumpsite at Saligao issue Nov 10 Corporate summit on IT and biotechnology, Intl Centre (till 11.11) Nov 17 Goan Engineers and Assoc meet, at Pickering, Canada. Nov 20 Fr Agnelo's 75th death anniversary, Pilar Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal ----------------------------------------------------------
