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The document introduces a broad list of prominent Indian authors and then discusses key figures in greater detail. 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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) .  \nSome of the prominent writers are:  \n1. Amit Chaudari  \n2. Amitav Ghosh  \n3. Amrita Pritam  \n4. Ananda C Coomarswamy  \n5. Ananthamurthy U R  \n6. Anita Desai  \n7. Anita Nair  \n8. Anjana Appachana  \n9. Aravind Adiga  \n10. Aravinda Malagatti  \n11. Ardeshir Vakil  \n12. Arjun Dangle  \n13. Arundhati Roy  \n14. Arun Joshi  \n15. Arun Kolatkar  \n16. Ashok Kumar Banker:  \n17. Baby Kambale  \n18. Badal Sircar  \n19. Bama ( Sangati, Karukku)  \n20. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee  \n21. Balachandra Nemade  \n22. Balachandra Rajan  \n23. Bhabani Bhattacharya  \n24. Bharati Mukherjee  \n25. Bharati Subrahmanya C  \n26. Bipin Chandra  \n27. Chetan Bhagat  \n28. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni  \n29. Desani G V  \n30. Devanoora Mahadeva  \n31. Dilip Chitre  \n32.  \n33.  \n34.  \n35.  \n36.  \n37.  \n38.  \n39.  \n40.  \n41.  \n42.  \n43.  \n44.  \n45.  \n46.  \n47.  \n48.  \n49.  \n50.  \n51.  \n52.  \n53.  \n54.  \n55.  \n56.  \n57.  \n58.  \n59.  \n60.  \n61.  \n62.  \n63.  \n64.  \n65.  \n66.  \n67.  \n68.  \n69.  \n70.  \n71.  \n72.  \n73.  \n74.  \n75.  \n76.  \n77.  \n78.  \n79.  \n80.  \nGauri Deshapande  \nGautam Batia’s Panchatantra Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gieve Patel  \nGirish Karnard  \nGita Hariharan  \nGita Mehta Gunasekaran K A Hari Kunzuru Hiriyanna  \nIndira Goswami Jayanta Mahapatra Jhumpa Lahiri Jim Corbett Kamala Markandaya  \nKamala Das  \nKancha Illaiah Khushwanth Singh Kiran Desai  \nLalithambika Antherjanem Laxman Gaikwad Mahadevi Varma Mahashwetha Devi Mahesh Dattani  \nMalathi Chendur  \nManil Suri  \nManju Kapur  \nManjula Padmanabhan Manohar Malgonkar Meena Alexander Mukul Kesavan  \nMulk Raj Anand Naipaul V S  \nNamdeo Dhasal  \nNamita Gokhale  \nNarayan R KNayantara Sehgal Nirad C Chaudhuri Nissim Ezekiel  \nNirala’s “Breaking Stones”Om Prakash Valmiki Pankaj Mishra  \nParthasarathy RP Lal Premchand  \nPrem Gorkhi Rabindranath Tagore Raja Rao  \nRaj Kamal Jha  \n81. Ramachandra Guha  \n82. Rama Mehta  \n83. Ramanujan A K  \n84. Rani Dharker  \n85. Rohinton Mistry  \n86. Romesh Chunder Dutt  \n87. Ruskin Bond  \n88. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala  \n89. Salman Rushdie  \n90. Santha Rama Rau  \n91. Sarojini Naidu  \n92. Sasthibrata  \n93. Shashi Tharoor  \n94. Sharankumar Limbale  \n95. Shashi Deshapande  \n96. Siddalingaiah  \n97. Shobha De  \n98. Sri Aurobindo  \n99. Sudha Murthy  \n100. Sudhir Kakar  \n101. Susan Vishwanathan  \n102. Tara Patel  \n103. Toru Dutt  \n104. Upamanya Chatterjee  \n105.Vijay Singh  \n106.Vijay Tendulkar  \n107.Vikas Swarup  \n108.Vikram Seth  \n109.Vikram Chandra  \n110.William Dalrymple  \nSome of the major writers and works have been discussed in brief.  \nAMRITA PRITAM  \n􀂙 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.  \nAwards:  \n􀂾 She is the first woman in Punjabi literature to win the esteemed Sahitya Akademi Award for her composition ‘Sunehray’.  \n􀂾 In the year 1982, she also received the Jnanpith Award for `Kagaz Te Canvas` (The Paper and the Canvas) .  \n􀂾 In the year 1969, she was awarded the Padma Shri Award  \n􀂾 In the year 2004, she received the second highest civilian award of India that is the Padma Vibhushan Award.  \nWorks:  \nNovels  \n Pinjar  \n Kore Kagaz, Unchas Din  \n Doctor Dev  \n Rang ka Patta  \n Sagar aur Seepian  \n Terahwan Suraj  \n Dilli ki Galiyan  \n Yaatri  \nAmrita Pritam began her career as a romantic poet. She is widely remembered for her emotional poem `Aj  \nAakhaan 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 place during the partition of","cbCaip0JTpnshm5U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip0JTpnshm5U","pdf",1117810,"English","# Major Indian Writers\n## Rabindranath Tagore\n## Amrita Pritam: life, awards, works, and themes\n## Amitav Ghosh: background, novels, and ideas","[{\"question\":\"Which writer is noted as the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize, and for what work?\",\"answer\":\"Rabindranath Tagore is identified as the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his poems collection called Gitanjali (1912).\"},{\"question\":\"What achievements and awards are listed for Amrita Pritam?\",\"answer\":\"The document states that she became the first woman in Punjabi literature to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for “Sunehray,” and later received the Jnanpith Award in 1982, Padma Shri in 1969, and Padma Vibhushan in 2004.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of Amitav Ghosh’s novel Shadow Lines, according to the text?\",\"answer\":\"Shadow Lines is described as addressing the seamlessness of geographical boundaries and centering on national identity, where the main character faces a sudden identity crisis about country and culture.\"}]","Indian Writing in English - Overview of Major Indian Authors and Works | PDF",1789941109,123]