For the film, see City of Joy (1992 film). For the documentary, see City of Joy (2016 film).
City of Joy
Author
Dominique Lapierre
Original title
La cité de la joie
Translator
Kathryn Spink
Country
France
Language
French
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
1985
Published in English
1985
Pages
544
ISBN
0-09-914091-8
City of Joy (French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel,[1] although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah.
^"Impassioned Missions : Director Joffe's 'City of Joy' Faced Obstacles at Home, Abroad". Los Angeles Times. 16 April 1992.
CityofJoy (French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed...
celebrations of the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, which is recognized by UNESCO for its importance to world heritage. Kolkata is also known as the 'CityofJoy'....
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documentary What I Want My Words to Do to You, and the Netflix documentary CityofJoy, among others. She regularly appears in print, radio, podcast, and television...
beginning of the series. For her work on The View, Behar won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009. She hosted The Joy Behar Show on HLN from 2009 to 2011 and Joy Behar:...
commemorated | Varanasi News – Times of India". The Times of India. 20 August 2014. "Feeling one with the CityofJoy". Archived from the original on 3 September...
building in the Holy City intimately. Two of Lapierre's books – Is Paris Burning? (co-written with Larry Collins) and CityofJoy – have been made into...
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played the role of the son of an Indian mobster in the 1992 film CityofJoy and, in 1993, narrated Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories on BBC...
Performance at the following ceremony. A native of the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City, Joy was born in 1999 into a musical family. Her...
during the Third Raid of the Lusitanian War. During the period of Islamic rule, the city had the title Medina at-Tarab ('CityofJoy') according to one transliteration...
movements. Labelled the "Cultural Capital of India", "The Cityof Processions", "The Cityof Palaces", and the "CityofJoy", Kolkata has also been home to prominent...
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Nicholas Klotz's Bengali Night, Roland Joffe's CityofJoy, Channel 4's Immaculate Conception, Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther, and Ismail Merchant's...
Kolkata, India. It is one of the major characteristics of the city, which makes Kolkata the "CityofJoy". Kolkata's street foods include Indian street food...
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Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor; for Atlantic City and Whole New Thing. Joy has also worked extensively on the stage, particularly in Shakespearean...