Ketaki Kushari Dyson: key obituary facts
Is Ketaki Kushari Dyson dead? Yes. Ketaki Kushari Dyson died on September 12, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Ketaki Kushari Dyson's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Ketaki Kushari Dyson known for?
She was a Bengali-born poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic.
More about Ketaki Kushari Dyson
Born: 26 June 1940.
Place of birth: Kolkata.
Gender: female.
Occupation: poet, writer, novelist, playwright, translator.
Nationality: United Kingdom, British Raj, India, Dominion of India.
Education: University of Oxford, University of Calcutta.
Also known as: Ketaki Kushari.
Occupations: poet, novelist, translator, literary critic, diaspora scholar.
Genres: Poetry, novel, essay.
Ketaki Kushari Dyson, the Indian-born British writer and scholar who worked as a poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic, died on September 12, 2026, aged 86.
Born Ketaki Kushari in Kolkata on June 26, 1940, she was educated in the city before continuing her studies at the University of Calcutta and the University of Oxford. Writing in both Bengali and English, she explored subjects including Bengal, England, diaspora life, feminism, women’s issues, cultural assimilation, multiculturalism, gastronomy, and social and political questions.
Living much of her adult life near Oxford, she became known as a diaspora writer and scholar whose published work ranged across poetry, fiction, drama, translation and criticism.