Shree Ghatage (born 1957) is a Canadian writer. She was born in

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

, India and moved to Canada in 1983, settling in St. John's,

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. She has won three awards in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition. Her written works share a common theme, describing life in India based on her own memories and experiences. Ghatage's first book, ''Awake When All the World is Asleep'' (1997), a collection of short stories set in Bombay, was awarded the Thomas Head Raddall Award. She currently lives in Calgary,

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Bibliography

*''Awake When All the World Is Asleep'' (1997) *''Brahma's Dream'' (2005) *''Thirst'' (2012)

Awards

*Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize *Shortlisted, Danuta Gleed Award, 1998 *Shortlisted, Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award, 1998

References

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Penguin Random House of Canada
1957 births Living people Canadian women novelists Canadian writers of Asian descent Canadian people of Indian descent Indian emigrants to Canada Writers from Calgary Writers from Mumbai 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers {{Canada-writer-stub