Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
	Roy in 2013
Born	Suzanna Arundhati Roy; 24 November 1961 (age 62); 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); Pradip Krishen (m. 1984);
Parents	Mary Roy (mother)
Relatives	Prannoy Roy (cousin)
Signature
	Arundhati Roy's voice from the BBC programme Bookclub, 2 October 2011.

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Arundhati Roy". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ ^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.
^ Cite error: The named reference toi was 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.
^ Dhanusha Gokulan (11 November 2012). "'Fairy princess' to 'instinctive critic'". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[britannica-1] "Arundhati Roy". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[pel-2] Pellegrino, Joe. "Arundhati Roy". jpellegrino.com.

[elm-3] Elmhirst, Sophie (21 July 2011). "Arundhati Roy — "Every day, one is insulted in India". New Statesman.

[toi-4] Cite error: The named reference toi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "Arundhati Roy". Bookclub. 2 October 2011. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[6] 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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Arundhati Roy
Roy in 2013
Born	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]