LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ASIAN LITERATURE
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V.V. Ganeshananthan
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Ru Freeman
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Michael Ondaatje
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Shyam Selvadurai
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Detailed explanation-1: -The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje and produced by Saul Zaentz.
Detailed explanation-2: -The romantic drama earned 12 Academy Award nominations, winning 9 Oscars, including for best film, best director, best supporting actress (Juliette Binoche, in a major upset), best cinematography (John Seale), and best original score (Gabriel Yared).
Detailed explanation-3: -His first novel, Coming Through Slaughter (1976), is a fictional portrait of jazz musician Buddy Bolden.
Detailed explanation-4: -Michael Ondaatje, left, Golden Man Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient, explains the research and process behind his new novel, Warlight, with USC Dornsife Writer in Residence Geoff Dyer.