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Rabindranath Tagore | Tagore c. 1915, the year he was knighted byGeorge V. Tagore repudiated his knighthood, in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacrein 1919.[1] | Born | May 7, 1861
Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India | Died | 7 August 1941 (aged 80)
Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India | Occupation | Poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter | Language | Bengali, English | Nationality | Indian | Ethnicity | Bengali | Notable work(s) | Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire,Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar Bangla(other works) | Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature
1913 | Spouse(s) | Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902) | Children | five children, two of whom died in childhood | Relative(s) | Tagore family | | Signature | |
Vikram Seth | Born | 20 June 1952 (age 60)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Occupation | Author, poet, novelist | Nationality | Indian | Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Stanford University | | | Genres | novels, poetry, libretto, travel writing, children's literature, biography/memoir | Notable work(s) | A Suitable Boy
The Golden Gate
An Equal Music
A Suitable Girl |
Dhumaketu (1892–1965) was the pen name of Gaurishankar Goverdhanram Joshi, a prolific writer, who is considered one of the pioneers of the Gujarati short story. He published twenty-four collections of short stories, as well as thirty-two novels on social and historical subjects, and plays and travelogues. His writing is characterized by a dramatic style, romanticism and powerful depiction of human emotions.
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Works
Along with short stories, he wrote novels, drama, stories and books for old people and children. In all, he published more than 250 books in the various fields. He is the author of the short story 'The Letter' which is adapted in the CBSE Std X syllabus.
Arundhati Roy |
Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India | Died | 7 August 1941 (aged 80)
Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India | Occupation | Poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter | Language | Bengali, English | Nationality | Indian | Ethnicity | Bengali | Notable work(s) | Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire,Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar Bangla(other works) | Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature
1913 | Spouse(s) | Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902) | Children | five children, two of whom died in childhood | Relative(s) | Tagore family | | Signature | |
Vikram Seth | Born | 20 June 1952 (age 60)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Occupation | Author, poet, novelist | Nationality | Indian | Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Stanford University | | | Genres | novels, poetry, libretto, travel writing, children's literature, biography/memoir | Notable work(s) | A Suitable Boy
The Golden Gate
An Equal Music
A Suitable Girl |
Dhumaketu (1892–1965) was the pen name of Gaurishankar Goverdhanram Joshi, a prolific writer, who is considered one of the pioneers of the Gujarati short story. He published twenty-four collections of short stories, as well as thirty-two novels on social and historical subjects, and plays and travelogues. His writing is characterized by a dramatic style, romanticism and powerful depiction of human emotions.
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Works
Along with short stories, he wrote novels, drama, stories and books for old people and children. In all, he published more than 250 books in the various fields. He is the author of the short story 'The Letter' which is adapted in the CBSE Std X syllabus.
Arundhati Roy |