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Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri 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.
Santha Rama Rau (1923–2009), Indian-American novelist, playwright; Rashid-un-Nisa (1855 – 1929), the first Indian women Urdu novelist, known for her first Novel Islah un Nisa. Nuchhungi Renthlei (1914–2002), poet, singer, school teacher, women's rights activist; Anusree Roy (born 1982), Indo-Canadian playwright, actress
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.
Manju Jaidka is an Indian author, known for her contribution to American Studies in India. she contributed critical works that are widely acknowledged as standard references. she was chairperson and professor at Panjab University, in Chandigarh, India. Books. Jaidka, Manju; Dhar, Tej N. (2023).
She holds a BFA in film production from New York University and a MFA in creative writing from the New Writers Project as well as a MA in women's and gender studies from the University of Texas-Austin. [2]
Margaret Elizabeth Cousins (née Gillespie, also known as Gretta Cousins; 7 November 1878 – 11 March 1954) was an Irish-Indian educationist, suffragist and Theosophist, who established All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1927. [1]
She is an Indian feminist writer and well-known writer of modern Kannada language fiction. Vaidehi is one of the most successful women writers in the language and a recipient of prestigious national and state-level literary awards. [2] She has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of short stories, Krauncha Pakshigalu in 2009. [3]
Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983), [ 3 ] the Jnanpith Award (2000) [ 4 ] and Principal Prince Claus Laureate (2008).