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| Born | Suzanna Arundhati Roy 24 November 1961[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 |
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| Spouse | |
| Parents | Mary Roy (mother) |
| Relatives | Prannoy Roy (cousin)[4] |
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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] She was the winner of the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, given by English PEN,[7] and she named imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah as the "Writer of Courage" with whom she chose to share the award.[8]
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- ^ a b Pellegrino, Joe. "Arundhati Roy". jpellegrino.com.
- ^ a b Elmhirst, Sophie (21 July 2011). "Arundhati Roy — "Every day, one is insulted in India". New Statesman.
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toiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Arundhati Roy". Bookclub. 2 October 2011. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Gokulan, Dhanusha (11 November 2012). "'Fairy princess' to 'instinctive critic'". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ Mollan, Cherylann (27 June 2024). "Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter Prize for 'powerful voice'". Mumbai: BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024.
- ^ Spanoudi, Melina (10 October 2024). "Arundhati Roy shares PEN Pinter Prize 2024 with Alaa Abd El-Fattah". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 October 2024.