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Samina Ali, contemporary Indian-American novelist, feminist, author of Madras on Rainy Days; Balamani Amma (1909–2004), poet, published many collections of poetry in Malayalam; K. Saraswathi Amma (1919–1975), short story writer, novelist, feminist
Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize [ 1 ] and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. [ 2 ] In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.
Meena was shortlisted among 21 short fiction women writers aged less than 40 from South Asia for an anthology published by Zubaan Books, New Delhi. [20] In 2014, she published a novel about the Kilvenmani massacre titled The Gypsy Goddess, influenced by the figure of Kurathi Amman, her "ancestral goddess".
Prominent Dalit women authors, have brought attention to the struggles of their communities, contributing to the development of Dalit feminism and providing a foundation for understanding the complexities of caste, class, and gender in Indian society. [60] [61] [62] Some prominent Dalit women authors and their works include:
Susie Tharu (born 1943) is an Indian writer, publisher, professor, editor and women's activist. [9] Throughout her career and the founding of several women's activist organizations, Tharu has helped to highlight those issues in India.
Anita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best known for her novels A Better Man , Mistress , and Lessons in Forgetting . [ 1 ] She has also written poetry, essays, short stories, crime fiction, historical fiction, romance, and children's literature, including Muezza and Baby Jaan: Stories ...
K. Srilata (also known as Srilata Krishnan) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and academic based in Chennai. [1] Her poem, In Santa Cruz, Diagnosed Home Sick won the First Prize in the All India Poetry Competition (organized by the British Council and The Poetry Society (India)) in 1998. [2]
Pages in category "21st-century Indian women writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 550 total.