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Name Me a Word

Indian Writers Reflect on Writing
  • Edited by: Meena Alexander
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2018
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A wide-ranging anthology of twentieth-century and contemporary writing from India and the Indian diaspora, curated by a distinguished scholar and poet

Internationally renowned scholar, poet, and essayist Meena Alexander brings together leading twentieth- and twenty-first-century voices from India and the diaspora in this anthology. Contributors include English-language luminaries such as R. K. Narayan, Salman Rushdie, and Arundhati Roy and powerful writers in Indian languages such as U. R. Ananthamurthy, Mahasweta Devi, and Lalithambika Antherjanam. This book will make a thoughtful gift for poetry and fiction enthusiasts and fans of Indian literature, as well as an ideal volume for academics introducing writers from the subcontinent.

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Meena Alexander, described in The Statesman (India) as “undoubtedly one of the finest poets in contemporary times,” is the recipient of the PEN Open Book Award and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other foundations. She is Distinguished Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Preface

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    Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941

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    Sarojini Naidu 1879–1949

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    Premchand (Dhanpat Rai) 1880–1936

    17
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    Nirad C. Chaudhuri 1897–1999

    25
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    Jibanananda Das 1899–1954

    42
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    R. K. Narayan 1906—2001

    47
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    Vaikom Muhammad Basheer 1908–1994

    56
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    Raja Rao 1908–2006

    66
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    Lalithambika Antherjanam 1909–1987

    73
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    Agyeya (Sachchidananda Vatsayan) 1911–1987

    82
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    Umashankar Joshi 1911–1988

    88
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    Saadat Hasan Manto 1912–1955

    97
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    Ismat Chugtai 1915–1991

    104
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    Amrita Pritam 1919–2005

    114
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    Nissim Ezekiel 1924–2004

    122
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    Mahasweta Devi 1926–2016

    127
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    Nayantara Sahgal b. 1927

    143
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    Qurratulain Hyder 1928–2007

    152
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    Jayanta Mahapatra b. 1928

    163
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    A. K. Ramanujan 1929–1993

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    Nirmal Verma 1929–2005

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    K. Ayyappa Paniker 1930–2006

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    Arun Kolatkar 1931–2004

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    U. R. Ananthamurthy 1932–2014

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    Kamala Das 1934–2009

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    Keki Daruwalla b. 1937

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    Anita Desai b. 1937

    222
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    Girish Karnad b. 1938

    227
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    Nabaneeta Dev Sen b. 1938

    238
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    Adil Jussawalla b. 1940

    248
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    Ambai (C. S. Lakshmi) b. 1944

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    Paul Zacharia b. 1945

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    K. Satchidanandan b. 1946

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    Arvind Krishna Mehrotra b. 1947

    291
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    Salman Rushdie b. 1947

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    Agha Shahid Ali 1949–2001

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    Namdeo Dhasal 1949–2014

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    Meena Alexander b. 1951

    319
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    Githa Hariharan b. 1954

    327
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    Vijay Seshadri b. 1954

    332
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    Amitav Ghosh b. 1956

    338
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    Raghavan Atholi b. 1957

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    Jeet Thayil b. 1959

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    Arundhati Roy b. 1961

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    Amit Chaudhuri b. 1962

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    Sudeep Sen b. 1964

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    Arundhathi Subramaniam b. 1967

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    S. Sukirtharani b. 1973

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    Acknowledgments

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    Credits

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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300235654
eBook ISBN: 9780300235654
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