Arundhati Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Arundhati Roy

female, 47 years old
Indian, booker prize, The God of Small Things, Indianwomenwriter, novelist, Lannan…Anti-globalization writer, writer
Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born November 24, 1961) is an Indian novelist, writer and activist. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her first novel,...
Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri

female, 42 years old
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, great behaviour, CUT, Barnard College alumni, Indianwomenwriter, novelist…Short story writer, Indian American, writer, Indian
Jhumpa Lahiri Vourvoulias is a contemporary Indian American author based in New York City.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

female, 67 years old
Indianwomenwriter, Indian, Cornell University alumni, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, University Professor, bengali…writer, Indian American
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born February 24 1942) is a literary critic and theorist. She is best-known for the article "Can the Subaltern Speak?",...
Nabanita Dev Sen

Nabanita Dev Sen

female, 71 years old
Indian, From Kolkata, Indianwomenwriter, writer, bengali, travelogues
Nabaneeta Dev Sen is a Bengali writer. Sen has published more than 56 books in Bengali: poetry, novels, short stories, plays, literary criticism,...
Antara Dev Sen

Antara Dev Sen

female
calcutta, Indianwomenwriter, Nobel Prize, writer, The Little Magazine, South Asia…Indian
Antara Dev Sen is a renowned Indian journalist, and the elder daughter of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and his first wife, Nabanita Dev Sen. Anatara...
Sudha Murthy

Sudha Murthy

female, 59 years old
Indianwomenwriter, Indian Institute of Engineer, Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, Dollar daughter-in-law, N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Foundation…writer, Indian Institute of Science, Indian
Sudha Murthy is an Indian social worker and accomplished author. She is known for her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. Among...
Shobha De

Shobha De

female, 62 years old
Cuffe Parade, Indianwomenwriter, Saraswat, Maharashtrian, stardust, Dilip De…Indian literature, freelance writer, writer, Indian
Shobhaa Dé is an Indian columnist and novelist often called India's Jackie Collins. Born Shobha Rajadhyaksha in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin f...
Urvashi Butalia

Urvashi Butalia

female, 57 years old
Indianwomenwriter, From Ambala, the statesman, journalist, writer, The Times of India…Kali for Women, Indian
Urvashi Butalia is an Indian feminist and historian. She is the Director and Co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house....
Akka Mahadevi

Akka Mahadevi

female
Indianwomenwriter, Kannada poet, death, Women writer, Women poet, Shimoga district…Indian
Akka Mahadevi (ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ) Born to Nirmala and Sumati in Udatadi (or Udugani) near the ancient city of Banavasi (in Shikaripura taluk Shim...