LEADER 04149nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910780902903321 005 20230617003610.0 010 $a1-280-90876-9 010 $a9786610908769 010 $a0-313-01696-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002951 035 $a(EBL)495199 035 $a(OCoLC)608576912 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309948 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309948 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10287981 035 $a(PQKB)10969249 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495199 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL90876 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002951 100 $a20020418d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSouth Asian novelists in English$b[electronic resource] $ean A-to-Z guide /$fedited by Jaina C. Sanga ; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (325 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-31885-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-299) and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; MEENA ALEXANDER (1951- ); MULK RAJ ANAND (1905- ); ANJANA APPACHANA (1972- ); JEAN ARASANAYAGAM (1930- ); VIKRAM CHANDRA (1961- ); UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE (1959- ); AMIT CHAUDHURI (1962- ); NIRAD CHANDRA CHAUDHURI (1897-1999); KAMALA DAS (1934- ); ANITA DESAI (1937- ); SHASHI DESHPANDE (1938- ); FARRUKH DHONDY (1944- ); CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI (1956- ); INDIRA GANESAN (1960- ); ZULFIKAR GHOSE (1935- ); AMITAV GHOSH (1956- ); YASMINE GOONERATNE (1935- ); JAMES GOONEWARDENE (1921-1997); ROMESH GUNESEKERA (1954- ); SUNETRA GUPTA (1965- ); KAIZAD GUSTAD (1968- ) 327 $aMOHSIN HAMID (1971- )GITHA HARIHARAN (1957- ); RAJ KAMAL JHA (1966- ); FIRDAUS KANGA (1961- ); MANJU KAPUR (1949?- ); MUKUL KESAVAN (1957- ); ADIB KHAN (1949- ); CHANDANI LOKUGE (19??- ); MANOHAR MALGONKAR (1913- ); KAMALA MARKANDAYA (1935- ); GITA MEHTA (1943- ); VED MEHTA (1934- ); PANKAJ MISHRA (1969- ); ROHINTON MISTRY (1952- ); BHARATI MUKHERJEE (1940- ); KIRAN NAGARKAR (1942- ); SUNITI NAMJOSHI (1941- ); KIRIN NARAYAN (1959- ); R. K. NARAYAN (1906-2001); MICHAEL ONDAATJE (1943- ); VICTOR RANGEL-RIBEIRO (1925- ); RAJA RAO (1910- ); ARUNDHATI ROY (1960- ); SALMAN RUSHDIE (1947- ) 327 $aNAYANTARA SAHGAL (1927- )I. ALLAN SEALY (1951- ); SHYAM SELVADURAI (1965- ); VIKRAM SETH (1952- ); BULBUL SHARMA (1952- ); BAPSI SIDHWA (1938- ); KHUSHWANT SINGH (1915- ); SARA SULERI (1953- ); MANIL SURI (1959- ); SHASHI THAROOR (1956- ); ARDASHIR VAKIL (1962- ); MOYEZ G.VASSANJI (1950- ); Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Editor and Contributors 330 $aWith the publication of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel, ^IMidnight's Children^R in 1981, followed by the unprecedented popularity of his subsequent works, the cinematic adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's ^IThe English Patient,^R many other best-sellers written by South Asian novelists writing in English have gained a tremendous following. This reference is a guide to their lives and writings. The volume focuses on novelists born in South Asia who have written and continue to write about issues concerning that region. Some of the novelists have published widely, while others are only 606 $aAuthors, South Asian$vBiography 606 $aIndic fiction (English)$xSouth Asian authors 606 $aIndic fiction (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAuthors, South Asian 615 0$aIndic fiction (English)$xSouth Asian authors. 615 0$aIndic fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a820.9/954 676 $aB 701 $aSanga$b Jaina C.$f1961-$0174695 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780902903321 996 $aSouth Asian novelists in English$93717399 997 $aUNINA