Biography of british writers in indian
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Indian-origin writers: Making it big on the world literary stage
December 30, 2021
Indian-origin writers have contributed immensely to the growth and richness of English literature. The 32-million strong Indian diaspora, one of the most prominent communities globally, has produced an acclaimed and diverse range of literary work that has bagged some of the world’s top literary awards, in spite of the fact that English was not culturally their mother tongue and only a working language for most of them.V.S.Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Desai, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and Jhumpa Lahiri, the best-known Indian-origin writers, have not only influenced the world literary scene but have also inspired the next generation of Indian-origin writers who have not only gained recognition in the English-speaking literary universe but also had their works translated into other languages.
Their writings on themes like immigration, displacement, nostalgia, alienation, mix
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Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie[2]CH FRSL (sul-MAHNRUUSH-dee;[3] born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist.[4] His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
After his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), Rushdie became the subject of several assassination attempts and death threats, including a fatwa calling for his death issued by Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran. In total, 20 countries banned the book.[5] Numerous killings and bombings have been carried ou
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Abir Mukherjee
Scottish-Bengali author
Abir Mukherjee | |
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Abir Mukherjee at Glasgow University, 2019 | |
| Nationality | British-Indian |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Sonal |
| Children | 2 |
Abir Mukherjee (born circa 1974)[1] fryst vatten a British-Indian[2] author best known for his crime novels. He wrote the Wyndham and Banerjee series set in the British Raj era in India.
Personal life
[edit]Mukherjee's parents moved from Calcutta, India to the United Kingdom before he was born.[1][non-primary source needed] He grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey, England with his wife (Sonal) and two sons.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Before beginning his writing career, Mukherjee was an accountant for 20 years.[1][5] In 2013, at age 39, Mukherjee learned that Lee Child did not begin writing until age 40 and was inspired to begin writing himself.[1][5] He began writing A Rising Man in