What is Bharati Mukherjee?
[[File:MukherjeeL3.jpg|thumb|Mukherjee in June 2004]] '''Bharati Mukherjee''' (July 27, 1940 &ndash; January 28, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] writer. She was a professor in the department of [[English language|English]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. She was known for her books about the experiences of being an [[immigrant]]. She was well known for her book ''[[Jasmine (novel)|Jasmine]]'' (1989). Mukherjee was born in [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. She later studied in the U.S. and [[Canada]]. She was married to writer [[Clark Blaise]]. They had two children. Mukherjee died from problems caused by [[rheumatoid arthritis]] and [[takotsubo cardiomyopathy]] on January 28, 2017 in [[Manhattan]]. She was 76.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/books/bharati-mukherjee-dead-author-jasmine.html|title=Bharati Mukherjee, Writer of Immigrant Life, Dies at 76|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2017|first=William|last=Grimes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indialivetoday.com/novelist-bharati-mukherjee-passes-away/111807.html|title=Novelist Bharati Mukherjee passes away|work=India Live Today|date=February 1, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204031645/http://www.indialivetoday.com/novelist-bharati-mukherjee-passes-away/111807.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukherjee, Bharati}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiomyopathy]] [[Category:Deaths from arthritis]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from Kolkata]] {{US-bio-stub}}