Rahman Abbas (born 30 January 1972) is an Indian fiction writer. He has twice won State Academy Awards for his two novels, first on 'Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God (2011) and again for Rohzin in 2…
Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master…
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.
Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army band outside playing 'Hail the Conquering Hero Comes' or possibly 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Garth left Melbourne at …
Anita Desai was born in 1937. Her published works include adult novels, children's books and short stories. She is a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delh…
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considere…
Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. He was influential in the field of post-colonial studies and was perhaps the pre-eminent thinker of the 20th ce…
The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire is among most the influential educational thinkers of the late 20th century. Born in Recife, Brazil, on September 19, 1921, Freire died of heart failure in Sao Paul…
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (Urdu: شمس الرحمٰن فاروقی) (born January 15, 1935) is an Indian poet and one of the leading Urdu critics and theorists. He is regarded as the T.S. Eliot of Urdu criticism and ha…
Karen Jennings is a South African writer based in Cape Town. She works in the History Department at the University of Stellenbosch, and particularly on the “Biography of an Uncharted People” project. …
Sonia Faleiro is the author of Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars and a novella, The Girl. Her new book, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing will be published in 2021. The …
Samantha Harvey has completed postgraduate courses in philosophy and in Creative Writing. In addition to writing, she has traveled extensively and taught in Japan and has lived in Ireland and New Zeal…
André Aciman was born in Alexandria, Egypt and is an American memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar of seventeenth-century literature. He has also written many essays and reviews on Marcel Proust…
অনিতা অগ্নিহোত্রীর জন্ম কলকাতায়, ১৯৫৬-এর সেপ্টেম্বরে।শিক্ষা: প্রেসিডেন্সি কলেজ ও কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের পর অর্থনীতিতে স্নাতকোত্তর উপাধি পেয়েছেন ইংল্যান্ড থেকে।১৯৮০ থেকে ভারতীয় প্রশাসনিক সেবার সদস্…
Himanjali’s children’s and YA books include THE STUPENDOUS TIMETELLING SUPERDOG and TALKING OF MUSKAAN, which were shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award. MRS C REMEMBERS, her first novel for adults…
A writer of fantasy and science fiction stories. Works of short fiction in Asimov's, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF), Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Reckoning, and Cast of Wonders among others.…
Vardhini Amin is a leading lifestyle and portrait photographer with over a decade of experience. However, she believes storytelling has always been her true calling. She finds solace in her indoor pla…
