Mehta, Ved, 1934-
Variant namesVed Mehta, Indian-American author of novels, family biographies, and essays, was born in 1934 in Lahore (then an Indian city, now part of Pakistan). Blind since childhood, he attended boarding schools in India and in the United States. He continued his education at Pomona College and Harvard University, eventually becoming an American citizen. Among his many writings are A Portrait of India (1970), the series of family biographies Continents of Exile (1972-1993), and the collected essays Fly and the Fly-Bottle (1966) and A Ved Mehta Reader: The Craft of the Essay (1998). He was a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1961 to 1994.
From the guide to the Ved Mehta papers, circa 1924-2005, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Donald and Katharine Foley Collection of Penguin Books, 1935-1965 | Bancroft Library | |
| creatorOf | Ved Mehta papers, circa 1924-2005 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003 (bulk 1945-1989). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Dwight Macdonald papers, 1865-1984 (bulk 1920-1978) | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
| referencedIn | New Yorker records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Harry Levin papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Mehta, Ved, 1934-. Ved Mehta papers, ca. 1930-[ongoing]. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Macdonald, Dwight. Dwight Macdonald papers, 1865-1984 (bulk 1920-1978) | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003, 1945-1989 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Mehta, Ved, 1934-. Ved Mehta papers, ca. 1930-[ongoing]. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | Arkansas School for the Blind. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Clyde, Ethel, b. 1879 | person |
| associatedWith | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Foley, Donald L. | person |
| associatedWith | Foley, Katharine | person |
| associatedWith | Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 | person |
| associatedWith | Macdonald, Dwight. | person |
| associatedWith | MacDonald, Dwight. | person |
| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 | person |
| associatedWith | University of Oxford. | corporateBody |
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| India |
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| Authors, American |
| Authors, American |
| Blind |
| East Indian Americans |
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Person
Birth 1934-03-21
Indians (India)
English
