Chand, Meira (1942–)
Chand, Meira (1942–)
British novelist and short-story writer. Born Meira Angela Chand in 1942.
Born and educated in London but lived in Japan (1962–97) and India (1971–75); immigrated to Singapore (1997); novels, which often deal with the clash between Eastern and Western cultures, include The Gossamer Fly (1979), Last Quadrant (1981), The Bonsai Tree (1983), The Painted Cage (1986), House of the Sun (1989), A Choice of Evils (1996) and Far Horizon (2001); short stories often appear in magazines and anthologies.
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DIED: 1973, London, England
NATIONALITY: British, Irish
GENRE: Fiction
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DIED: 1916, Beaumont-Hamel, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction
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