Who is the author of the famous novel "All the Lives We Never Lived", which received the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2022?

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Correct — B, Anuradha Roy. Her 2018 novel "All the Lives We Never Lived" won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2022 in the English category. Narrated by Myshkin, the novel reconstructs how, in 1937, his mother Gayatri left her family to pursue a life as an artist. Ranikhet-based Roy is also known for "The Folded Earth" and "Sleeping on Jupiter" (winner of the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A popular columnist and novelist ('Socialite Evenings', 'Starry Nights'); she did not write this novel and did not win the Sahitya Akademi Award for it.  (c) A distinguished novelist thrice shortlisted for the Booker ('Clear Light of Day', 'In Custody'), but she did not author 'All the Lives We Never Lived' — the sharpest bait, since Anita Desai and her daughter Kiran Desai are both famous novelists.  (d) An author and philanthropist known for 'Wise and Otherwise' and children's fiction; not the author of this literary novel.

Concept: The Sahitya Akademi Award is given annually by the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters, founded 1954) for outstanding books in each of the 24 languages it recognises. Anuradha Roy, a contemporary Indian novelist writing in English, won the 2022 award in the English category for 'All the Lives We Never Lived' (published 2018).

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