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Fahmida Riaz

Writer

Fahmida Riaz (1945–2018) was a Progressive Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, translator, and human-rights activist. Born in Meerut in pre-Partition India, and rais...

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Mannu Bhandari

Writer

Mannu Bhandari (1931–2021) is one of the most significant writers of the Hindi Nayi Kahaani movement. The characters in her stories belong to the small but ra...

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Senthil Jaganathan

Writer

Senthil Jaganathan was born on August 20, 1987 in Panampalli village in Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai district. At present he resides in Chennai and is working ...

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Chandra

Writer

Chandra (b. 1977) is a poet, short story writer and film director. Her short story collection include Poonaigal Illatha Veedu (2007), Kaattin Perunganavu (2009...

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Jeyamohan

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Jeyamohan is a pre-eminent writer in modern Tamil literature. His works of fiction examine fundamental human questions while being rooted in the spiritual, cult...

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Nirmal Verma

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Nirmal Verma (1929 – 2005) was a Hindi writer, translator and critic. A pioneer of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) literary movement in the post-independence Hind...

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Abdul Rasheed

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Abdul Rasheed (born 1965) is a versatile writer, poet, editor, translator, and blogger who writes in Kannada. Hailing from Coorg and educated in Mysore, he has ...

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Bimal Kar

Writer

Bimal Kar was born in Taki, West Bengal, in 1921. He authored dozens of Bengali classics that remain popular today. Kar is known for his compelling characters, ...

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Sameena Nazir

Writer

Sameena Nazir is one of the most important voices in contemporary Urdu fiction, as well as an accomplished theatre, film and TV actress, director, playwright an...

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