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The first book written by an Indian in English was The Travels of Dean Mahomet, a travel narrative by Sake Dean Mahomed, published in England in 1794. IEL, in its early stages had influence from The Western novel. Early Indian writers used English unadulterated by Indian words to convey an experience which was essentially Indian.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century Indian male writers and Category:21st-century Indian women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
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 , [ 50 ] [ 51 ] two each in Assamese ...
Pages in category "21st-century Indian novelists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 262 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Modern Indian Poetry in English: An Anthology & A Credo (1971) ed. by P. Lal and published by Writers Workshop, Calcutta; Contemporary Indian Poetry in English (1972) ed. by Peeradina and published by Laxmi Publication, New Delhi; Indian Poetry in English (1947–1972) (1972) ed. by Pritish Nandy and published by Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi
Sahitya Akademi Award for English Award for contributions to English literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1960 Last awarded 2022 Highlights Total awarded 51 First winner R. K. Narayan Most Recent winner Anuradha Roy Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
A. K. Ramanujan (1929–1993), poet and scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada; Abhay K (born 1980), poet, diplomat, writer, author and artist; Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001), Kashmiri-American poet writing in English; Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), author and poet writing in English
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.