

In 2015 The Economic Times included her in their List of 20 Most Influential Global Indian Women. Her awards include an American Book Award, a PEN Josephine Miles award, a Premio Scanno, and a Light of India award. Her work has been made into films, plays and dance dramas, and performed as operas. Her work has been published in over 100 magazines and anthologies and translated into 30 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Bengali, Hungarian, Turkish, Hindi and Japanese. Chitra Divakaruni is an award-winning writer, activist and teacher.
