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Jana Begum (17th century), early female writer of a commentary on the Qur'an; Pupul Jayakar (1915–1997), biographer, non-fiction writer on handicrafts; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013), acclaimed German-born British novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, grew up in India
2005: Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West [6] 2005: Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality and Culture; 2012: Gender, Sex and the City: Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India 1780-1870 [7] 2017: Dancing with the Nation: Courtesans in Bombay Cinema [8] 2020: Memory of Light (a novel) [9]
Rita Kothari (born 30 July 1969) is an Indian author and translator from Gujarat, India. In an attempt to preserve her memories and her identity as a member of the Sindhi people, Kothari wrote several books on partition and its effects on people. She has translated several Gujarati works into English.
Urvashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well as for authoring books such as The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India and Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir.
The Earthspinner, her fifth novel, was published by Hachette India and the Mountain Leopard Press, London, in September 2021. [10] The novel won the Sushila Devi Book Award 2022 for the best novel by a woman writer in India. [11]
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]
Women writers (poets, novelists, screenplay writers, playwrights, journalists etc.) who live or have lived in India, or who are of Indian origin, or both. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Indian writers .
Sithara S. (born 1972) is an Indian feminist writer in Malayalam from Kerala. [1] In her short stories and novels she has highlighted women's issues, gender conflict and lesbian rights. [2]