INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH - Brief Study of Prominent Indian Writers and Works

Sep 20, 2026

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Indian Writing in English introduces influential Indian authors and explains how their works portray Indian society and contribute to social reform. It lists many prominent writers, then provides a closer overview of two major figures, Rabindranath Tagore, and especially Amrita Pritam and Amitav Ghosh. For Amrita Pritam, the text covers life details, awards, and key novels and themes such as feminism and humanism. For Amitav Ghosh, it outlines background, education, major novels, and recognition, including Sahitya Akademi.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages81

Reading Time2 h 5 min

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Prominent Indian Writers

Rabindranath Tagore and Major Contributors

Amrita Pritam: Life, Awards, and Works

Amitav Ghosh: Background and Major Novels

INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH India has produced several great writers who have influenced a whole generation and continue to inspire the coming generations by their writings. Their works vividly portray the picture of Indian society. Indian writers have played a progressive part in the reform of Indian society. Rabindranath Tagore is the first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in 1913 for his collection of poems called Gitanjali (1912) . Some of the prominent writers are: 1. Amit Chaudari 2. Amitav Ghosh 3. Amrita Pritam 4. Ananda C Coomarswamy 5. Ananthamurthy U R 6. Anita Desai 7. Anita Nair 8. Anjana Appachana 9. Aravind Adiga 10. Aravinda Malagatti 11. Ardeshir Vakil 12. Arjun Dangle 13. Arundhati Roy 14. Arun Joshi 15. Arun Kolatkar 16. Ashok Kumar Banker: 17. Baby Kambale 18. Badal Sircar 19. Bama ( Sangati, Karukku) 20. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 21. Balachandra Nemade 22. Balachandra Rajan 23. Bhabani Bhattacharya 24. Bharati Mukherjee 25. Bharati Subrahmanya C 26. Bipin Chandra 27. Chetan Bhagat 28. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 29. Desani G V 30. Devanoora Mahadeva 31. Dilip Chitre 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. Gauri Deshapande Gautam Batia’s Panchatantra Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gieve Patel Girish Karnard Gita Hariharan Gita Mehta Gunasekaran K A Hari Kunzuru Hiriyanna Indira Goswami Jayanta Mahapatra Jhumpa Lahiri Jim Corbett Kamala Markandaya Kamala Das Kancha Illaiah Khushwanth Singh Kiran Desai Lalithambika Antherjanem Laxman Gaikwad Mahadevi Varma Mahashwetha Devi Mahesh Dattani Malathi Chendur Manil Suri Manju Kapur Manjula Padmanabhan Manohar Malgonkar Meena Alexander Mukul Kesavan Mulk Raj Anand Naipaul V S Namdeo Dhasal Namita Gokhale Narayan R KNayantara Sehgal Nirad C Chaudhuri Nissim Ezekiel Nirala’s “Breaking Stones”Om Prakash Valmiki Pankaj Mishra Parthasarathy RP Lal Premchand Prem Gorkhi Rabindranath Tagore Raja Rao Raj Kamal Jha 81. Ramachandra Guha 82. Rama Mehta 83. Ramanujan A K 84. Rani Dharker 85. Rohinton Mistry 86. Romesh Chunder Dutt 87. Ruskin Bond 88. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 89. Salman Rushdie 90. Santha Rama Rau 91. Sarojini Naidu 92. Sasthibrata 93. Shashi Tharoor 94. Sharankumar Limbale 95. Shashi Deshapande 96. Siddalingaiah 97. Shobha De 98. Sri Aurobindo 99. Sudha Murthy 100. Sudhir Kakar 101. Susan Vishwanathan 102. Tara Patel 103. Toru Dutt 104. Upamanya Chatterjee 105.Vijay Singh 106.Vijay Tendulkar 107.Vikas Swarup 108.Vikram Seth 109.Vikram Chandra 110.William Dalrymple Some of the major writers and works have been discussed in brief. AMRITA PRITAM 􀂙 Amrita Pritam was a popular Indian writer and a leading Punjabi language poet. Amrita Pritam, born on 31st August 1919, is considered as the first renowned poet, essayist and novelist of Punjabi literature. Awards: 􀂾 She is the first woman in Punjabi literature to win the esteemed Sahitya Akademi Award for her composition ‘Sunehray’. 􀂾 In the year 1982, she also received the Jnanpith Award for `Kagaz Te Canvas` (The Paper and the Canvas) . 􀂾 In the year 1969, she was awarded the Padma Shri Award 􀂾 In the year 2004, she received the second highest civilian award of India that is the Padma Vibhushan Award. Works: Novels Pinjar Kore Kagaz, Unchas Din Doctor Dev Rang ka Patta Sagar aur Seepian Terahwan Suraj Dilli ki Galiyan Yaatri Amrita Pritam began her career as a romantic poet. She is widely remembered for her emotional poem `Aj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu’ (Today I invoke Waris Shah – ‘Ode to Waris Shah`) . It was an expression of her agony over the violent massacres that took p

FAQs

What role do Indian writers play in the text?

They influence generations through writings that vividly portray Indian society and help reform it.

Which information about Amrita Pritam is included?

Her background, major awards, notable novels and poems, translations, and the main themes of feminism and humanism.

What do Amitav Ghosh’s novels focus on?

They address themes like national identity and the complexity of geographical and cultural boundaries, especially in Shadow Lines.

Sep 20, 2026

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