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Indian English Literature is relatively recent, being nearly two centuries old. The first book written by an Indian in English was The Travels of Dean Mahomet (1794), a travel narrative by Sake Dean Mahomed. [3]. The first Indian novel in English, Rajmohan’s Wife (1864), was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
In contemporary Indian literature, there are two major literary awards; these are the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship and the Jnanpith Award. Eight Jnanpith Awards each have been awarded in Hindi and Kannada , followed by five in Bengali and Malayalam , four in Odia , Gujarati , Marathi , Telugu and Urdu , [ 56 ] [ 57 ] two each in Assamese ...
Pages in category "21st-century Indian novelists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 265 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of notable writers who come from India or have Indian nationality. Names are sorted according to surname. Names are sorted according to surname. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Ravinder Randhawa (born 1952), British-Indian novelist, short story writer; Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008), specialist in Telugu literature, translator, anthologist; Malathi Rao (born 1930), novelist, short story writer; Usha Rao-Monari (born 1959), economist and non-fiction writer; Santha Rama Rau (1923–2009), Indian-American novelist, playwright
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature; Ramprasad Sen (1718–1775), Shakta court poet; Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021), poet and critic; Shivadasa Sen (born 14th century) Samir Roychoudhury (1933–2016), post-modern poet, short story writer, critic and editor
Indian English poetry is the oldest form of Indian English literature. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered the first poet in the lineage of Indian English poetry followed by Rabindranath Tagore , Sri Aurobindo , Sarojini Naidu , Michael Madhusudan Dutt , and Toru Dutt , among others.
This is a partial list of 21st-century writers. This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works.