➔Name: Surbhi Gusvami➔Peper no: 4➔Topic: Sarojini Naidu as an Indian English writer➔Roll no: 32➔Enrollment no:2069108420170008➔ Submitted to: Deparment of English Bhavnagar University

➔Batch year: 2016-18

Sarojini Naidu

● Born: 13 february 1879 in Hyderabad.

● The “ Nightingale of India”

● The first Indian woman to become the Governor of an Indian state.

Literary Career

● Sarojini Naidu began writin at the age of twelve.

● In 1905 her first collection of poems named “ The Golden Threshold” was published.

● Her collection of the poems entitled “ The feather of the Dawn”

Her Works

● 1905 : The Golden Threshold

● 1912: The bird of time

● 1917: The broken wing

● 1961: The feather of the dawn

● Poems● Damayante to nala in the hour of exile

● Ecstasy

● The Indian fantasy● India

Political career

● Naidu joined the indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905.

● During 1915-18 she travelled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare, woman's empowerment and nationalism.

● In 1929 she was awarded the ' Kaisar-i-Hind' medal by British Goverment.

Arundhati Roy

● Born on 24th november 1961, shilong, Assam.

● She is writer, essayist and political activist.

● She is best known for her novel ' The God of small things' which won the 'Man Booker prize'

● She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.

● She won the National film award for best screenplay in 1989.

Fiction: 'The God of small things'

● Non fiction:● The end of imagination● The cost of living ● Power politics● War talk● Kashmir the case for freedom.

Toru Dutt

● Tarulata dutt was born on 4th march, 1856, kolkata, Bengal.

● She was a well known poet, who wrote in English and french.

● Poems: Sita, Lotus, Christmas, savitri

● Her poem 'Casuarina tree' has become one of the most popular poem in modern indian literature.

● 'Ancient Ballads' as best work in english.

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Jumpa Lahiri

● Nilanjana sudeshna Lahiri is born on 11th july 1967.

● She is an indian American author known for her novel and short story.

● Notable awards: O.Henry Award(1999), pulitzer prize for fiction(2000).

● Her book Lowland won a nominee for the man Booker prize.