Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
	Roy in 2013
Born	Suzanna Arundhati Roy; 24 November 1961 (age 63); Shillong, Assam, India
Occupation	Writer, essayist, activist
Education	Lawrence School
Alma mater	SPA 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); PEN Pinter Prize (2024);
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 (Bengali pronunciation: [orundʱoti rae̯]; 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]

^ ^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.
^ 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.

[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] Gokulan, Dhanusha (11 November 2012). "'Fairy princess' to 'instinctive critic'". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

[7] 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.

[Bookseller_Spanoudi-8] Spanoudi, Melina (10 October 2024). "Arundhati Roy shares PEN Pinter Prize 2024 with Alaa Abd El-Fattah". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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Arundhati Roy
Roy in 2013
Born	Suzanna Arundhati Roy (1961-11-24) 24 November 1961 (age 63)^[1] Shillong, Assam, India
Occupation	Writer, essayist, activist
Education	Lawrence School
Alma mater	SPA 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) PEN Pinter Prize (2024)
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]