Indian authors
South Asian novelists
Writers from India or of Indian descent.
The term encompasses authors writing in English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and dozens of other languages across the subcontinent.
Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy are among the most celebrated Indian authors in the West.
The category spans ancient Sanskrit poets to contemporary novelists addressing diaspora, colonialism, and modern Indian life.
- HindiIndia's official language
- fictionImagined narrative work
- literary fictionProse emphasizing craft and depth
- short storiesBrief prose narratives
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
poetry · Bengali · drama · mythology · Tamil · spirituality · social reform · Telugu · epics · memoirs · Urdu · English language · identity · colonial legacy · novels · Malayalam · Kannada · Tagore
- author groupsAmerican authors, British authors, French authors, German authors, Russian authors
geographic/national origin
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Writers from Britain
American authors · European authors · English writers · Japanese authors · Chinese authors