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Vikram Chandra was born on 23 July, 1961 in New Delhi, India, is an Indian-American writer (born 1961). Discover Vikram Chandra's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
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| Occupation |
Writer |
| Age |
62 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
23 July 1961 |
| Birthday |
23 July |
| Birthplace |
New Delhi, India |
| Nationality |
India
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He is a member of famous Writer with the age 62 years old group.
Vikram Chandra Height, Weight & Measurements
At 62 years old, Vikram Chandra height not available right now. We will update Vikram Chandra's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Vikram Chandra's Wife?
His wife is Melanie Abrams (divorced)
| Family |
| Parents |
Kamna Chandra |
| Wife |
Melanie Abrams (divorced) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Vikram Chandra Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Vikram Chandra worth at the age of 62 years old? Vikram Chandra’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from India. We have estimated Vikram Chandra's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Writer |
Vikram Chandra Social Network
Timeline
Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961.
His father Navin Chandra was a business executive.
His mother Kamna Chandra has written several Hindi films and plays.
His sister Tanuja Chandra is a filmmaker and screenwriter who has also directed several films.
Chandra did his high school education at Mayo College in Ajmer, Rajasthan where he was in Bikaner and Tonk house.
He was batch of 1979 in Mayo College.
He attended at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai and, as an undergraduate student, transferred to Kenyon College in the United States.
Chandra felt isolated at Kenyon so he transferred to Pomona College, Claremont, California, where he graduated with a B.A. magna cum laude in English.
He attended film school at Columbia University, leaving halfway through to begin work on his first novel.
He received his M.A. from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University in 1987.
He has taught at George Washington University, and lectured at University of California, Berkeley.
Red Earth and Pouring Rain (1995), Chandra's first novel, was inspired by the autobiography of James Skinner - the Irish Raja of Hansi in Haryana, a legendary nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian soldier.
It was published in 1995 by Penguin Books in India; by Faber and Faber in the UK; and by Little, Brown in the United States.
It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book and the David Higham Prize for Fiction.
The novel is named after a poem from the Kuruntokai, an anthology of Classical Tamil love poems.
His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.
Love and Longing in Bombay (1997), a collection of short stories, was published by the same houses as Red Earth and Pouring Rain.
It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) and was short-listed for the Guardian Fiction Prize.
In 2000, Chandra served as co-writer, with Suketu Mehta, for Mission Kashmir, a Bollywood movie.
It was directed by his brother-in-law, the director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and starred Hrithik Roshan.
Sacred Games (2006) is Chandra's most recent novel.
Set in Mumbai, it features Sartaj Singh, a policeman who first appeared in Love and Longing in Bombay.
Over 900 pages long, Sacred Games was one of the year's most anticipated new novels.
It had been the subject of a bidding war amongst leading publishers in India, the UK, and the US.
It has also been adapted as a web television series by Netflix.
Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty (2014) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism).
Chandra was married to the writer Melanie Abrams.
Chandra currently divides his time between Mumbai, and Oakland, California, United States.
He has two daughters, Leela and Darshana.
