Arundhati Roy

Also known as Suzanna Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

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Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist, essayist, and activist known for her literary works and outspoken commentary on social and political issues. Her work matters because she combines creative writing with activism to address important concerns in India and beyond.

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Shillong, Meghalaya, India

Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

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Island Home Country — Self2008
We — Self (voice)2006
DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy — Self2002
Drowned Out — Self2002
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones — Radha1989
Massey Sahib — Saila (tribal girl)1986

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: India
Place of birth: Shillong
Spouse: Pradip Krishen
Mother: Mary Roy
Occupation: activist
Languages spoken: Hindi
Religion: Hinduism
Notable work: The God of Small Things
Field of work: prose
Image: Arundhati Roy W.jpg
Work location: Delhi

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Commons category: Arundhati Roy
date of birth: 1961-09-24
nominated for: Booker Prize
start of work period: 1995-00-00
writing language: English language
different from: Anuradha Roy
name in native language: Arundhati Roy

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Suzanna Arundhati Roy ( Bengali pronunciation: [orundʱoti rae̯]; born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. She was the winner of the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, given by English PEN, and she named imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah as the "Writer of Courage" with whom she chose to share the award.

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Arundhati Roy

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