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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
Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Punjabi language. [1] She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.
Desai was born in 1937 in Mussoorie, India, to a German immigrant mother, Toni Nime, and a Bengali businessman, D. N. Mazumdar. [ 7 ] [ 1 ] Her father met her mother while he was an engineering student in pre-war Berlin .
Maria Andrea Castanon Villanueva (December 1, c. 1785 or 1803 – February 10, 1899), also known as Señora Candelaria, was an American Tejano woman known to be one of the last survivors of the Battle of the Alamo.
"In these reflections, Irawati learned the most difficult of lessons from Hindu philosophy: all that is you, too," the authors write. Irawati died in 1970, but her legacy endures through her work ...
[4] [5] She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of India. [6] [7] A pioneer in her field, Vyarawalla died at the age of 98. Google doodle honoured India's "First Lady of the lens" in 2017 with a tapestry of Indian life and history drawn by guest doodler Sameer Kulavoor.
Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyay) (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃorod͡ʒini]; [1] 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) [2] was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of United Provinces, after India's independence.
Pages in category "20th-century Indian women writers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 659 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .