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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 ...
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.
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.
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
Dalit literature started being mainstream in India with the appearance of the English translations of Marathi Dalit writing. An Anthology of Dalit Literature, edited by Mulk Raj Anand and Eleanor Zelliot, and Poisoned Bread: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Literature, originally published in three volumes and later collected in a single ...
The story of the life and work of the writer concerned was to be told simply and lucidly and in such a manner as to convince the reader of the historic significance of their contribution to Indian literature. The merit of an author's worth and the quality of their work was to be established on the evidence of the totality of their contribution.
Gurajada Apparao (1862–1915), poet, writer and playwright who wrote the first Telugu play, Kanyasulkam; also an influential social reformer sometimes called Mahakavi ("the great poet") Gurram Jashuva (1895–1971), a dalit poet and writer and producer of All India Radio, awarded "Padma Bhushan" by the Govt of India, known for poetry on social ...