Suzanna Arundhati Roy (1961-11-24) 24 November 1961 (age 62)[1] Shillong, Assam (present-day Meghalaya), India
Occupation
Writer, essayist, activist
Education
Lawrence School, Lovedale
Alma mater
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Period
1997–present
Genre
Fiction, non-fiction
Notable works
The God of Small Things
Notable awards
National Film Award for Best Screenplay (1988)
Booker Prize (1997)
Sydney Peace Prize (2004)
Orwell Award (2004)
Norman Mailer Prize (2011)
Spouse
Gerard da Cunha
(m. 1978; div. 1982)
[2][3]
Pradip Krishen
(m. 1984)
[2][3]
Parents
Mary Roy (mother)
Relatives
Prannoy Roy (cousin)[4]
Signature
Arundhati Roy's voice
from the BBC programme Bookclub, 2 October 2011.[5]
Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961)[1] is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.[1] She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.[6]
^ abc"Arundhati Roy". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ abElmhirst, Sophie (21 July 2011). "Arundhati Roy — "Every day, one is insulted in India". New Statesman.
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^"Arundhati Roy". Bookclub. 2 October 2011. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^Dhanusha Gokulan (11 November 2012). "'Fairy princess' to 'instinctive critic'". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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