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Manik Datar Manik Datar i(A828 works by)
Born: Established: Calcutta,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Female
Heritage: Indian
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BiographyHistory

Manik Datar lived in Calcutta until she was fifteen, when she moved with her family to London where they stayed for three years. In the early 1950s the family moved again, this time to Melbourne. In Australia, Datar has lived in Darwin, Alice Springs, where she worked for the Central Land Council and the Tangentyere Town Council, and more recently in Canberra. Her short stories often deal with issues of belonging and crosscultural relations. [Source: Peter Read, Belonging : Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership, Women's Business, pp 148-158.]

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

As I Am a Teller of Tales 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: ACTWrite , July vol. 18 no. 6 2012; (p. 15-17)
2011 highly commended ACT Writers Centre's Literary Awards Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award
My Sister's Mother 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 39 no. 10 1995; (p. 75-77) Of Sadhus and Spinners : Australian Encounters with India 2009; (p. 183-186)
1993 joint winner FAW ACT Writers Competition
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