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Sudha Murty

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born

August 19, 1950 in Shiggaon , India

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories, three collections of non-fiction pieces and two books for children.

Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over three lakh copies around the country. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan???s Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006.

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Books by Sudha Murty

Average rating: 3.57 · 1,280 ratings · 142 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Wise And Otherwise: A Salute To Life 3.63 avg rating — 406 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gently Falls the Bakula 3.46 avg rating — 186 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Dollar Bahu 3.10 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Old Man and His God: Discovering the Spirit of India 3.72 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Mahashweta 3.67 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Magic Drum And Other Favourite Stories 3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Man ni Vaat by Sudha Murty, Gujarati translation By Sonal Modi 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Grandma's Bag Of Stories 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories by Sudha Murti, Sudha Murty 3.74 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Things A Map Won't Show You: Stories from Australia & Beyond by Pam McIntyre (Editor), Susan La Marca (Editor), James Roy (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	My rating: