Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (1997) Winner
Arundhati Roy
アルンダティ・ロイ
Arundhati Roy
Aliases:
Suzanna Arundhati Roy
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961-11-24 （Shillong, Meghalaya）
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Malayalam
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Shillong, Meghalaya → Ooty, Tamil Nadu → Kottayam, Kerala → Lovedale, Tamil Nadu → New Delhi → Goa
Career
- Occupations
- writer, essayist, activist, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1985-
- Influenced By
- William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, John Berger, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, Gabriel García Márquez
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi School | — | Unknown | — | — | India |
| Lawrence School | — | Unknown | — | — | India |
| School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi | Faculty of Architecture | Department of Architecture | — | — | India |
Corpus Christi School
Unknown
Country:
India
Kottayam, Kerala
Lawrence School
Unknown
Country:
India
Lovedale, Tamil Nadu
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Faculty of Architecture
/ Department of Architecture
Country:
India
Did not complete
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | National Film Award for Best Screenplay | In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones | — | Government of India | Winner |
| 1997 | Booker Prize | The God of Small Things | Fiction | Booker Prize Foundation | Winner |
| 2004 | Sydney Peace Prize | — | — | University of Sydney | Winner |
| 2004 | Orwell Award | — | — | National Council of Teachers of English | Winner |
| 2011 | Norman Mailer Prize | — | Distinguished Writing | — | Winner |
| 2024 | PEN Pinter Prize | — | — | English PEN | Winner |
National Film Award for Best Screenplay
1988
Work:
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Organization:
Government of India
Result:
Winner
Booker Prize
1997
Work:
The God of Small Things
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Booker Prize Foundation
Result:
Winner
Sydney Peace Prize
2004
Organization:
University of Sydney
Result:
Winner
Orwell Award
2004
Organization:
National Council of Teachers of English
Result:
Winner
Norman Mailer Prize
2011
Category:
Distinguished Writing
Result:
Winner
PEN Pinter Prize
2024
Organization:
English PEN
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
St. Louis Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
The God of Small Things
1997 Fiction 321 pagesA semi-autobiographical novel set in Aymanam, Kerala, focusing on the tragic story of twins Estha and Rahel and their family. Explores caste system, forbidden love, colonial legacy, and political oppression.
Caste systemForbidden loveFamily disintegrationPolitical oppression
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
2017 FictionA novel weaving stories of diverse lives in India, centered on a transgender person, addressing Kashmir conflict, Naxalite insurgency, and social issues.
IdentityConflictSocial injustice
Bibliography
- The God of Small Things
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
- The End of Imagination
- The Cost of Living
- The Greater Common Good
- The Algebra of Infinite Justice
- Power Politics
- War Talk
- An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire
- Public Power in the Age of Empire
- The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile
- The Shape of the Beast
- Listening to Grasshoppers
- Broken Republic
- Walking with the Comrades
- Kashmir: The Case for Freedom
- The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament
- Capitalism: A Ghost Story
- Things that Can and Cannot Be Said
- The Doctor and the Saint
- My Seditious Heart
- Azadi
- Mother Mary Comes to Me
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Rich poetic proseNon-linear narrative structureUnique Indian English idioms
- Recurring Motifs
- Political oppressionEnvironmental destructionCaste and classImperial legacy
Legacy
Won the Booker Prize for The God of Small Things, gaining international fame. As a political activist, advocates for human rights, environment, anti-globalization. Controversial on India's nuclear policy, dams, Kashmir.
In Popular Culture
- Featured in documentaries and speeches.
Quotes
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War is peace.
Source: The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001) -
The God of Small Things smiles on the small things.
Source: The God of Small Things (1997)
Trivia
- Mother Mary Roy is a women's rights activist.
- Cousin of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy.
- Donated Booker Prize money to Narmada Bachao Andolan.
- Gained attention criticizing Bandit Queen.