Arundhati Roy
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy, 1961 - Suzanna Roy was born November 24, 1961. Her parents divorced and she lived with her mother Mary Roy, a social activist, in Aymanam. Her mother ran an informal school named Corpus Christi and it was there Roy developed her intellectual abilities, free from the rules of mehr anzeigen formal education. At the age of 16, she left home and lived on her own in a squatter's colony in Delhi. She went six years without seeing her mother. She attended Delhi School of Architecture where she met and married fellow student Gerard Da Cunha. Neither had a great interest in architecture so they quit school and went to Goa. They stayed there for seven months and returned broke. Their marriage lasted only four years. Roy had taken a job at the National Institute of Urban Affairs and, while cycling down a road; film director Pradeep Krishen offered her a small role as a tribal bimbo in Massey Saab. She then received a scholarship to study the restoration of monuments in Italy. During her eight months in Italy, she realized she was a writer. Now married to Krishen, they planned a 26-episode television epic called Banyan Tree. They didn't shoot enough footage for more than four episodes so the serial was scrapped. She wrote the screenplay for the film In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones and Electric Moon. Her next piece caused controversy. It was an article that criticized Shekar Kapur's film Bandit Queen, which was about Phoolan Devi. She accused Kapur of misrepresenting Devi and it eventually became a court case. Afterwards, finished with film, she concentrated on her writing, which became the novel "A God of Small Things." It is based on what it was like growing up in Kerala. The novel contains mild eroticism and again, controversy found Roy having a public interest petition filed to remove the last chapter because of the description of a sexual act. It took Roy five years to write "A God of Small Things" and was released April 4, 1997 in Delhi. It received the Booker prize in London in 1997 and has topped the best-seller lists around the world. Roy is the first non-expatriate Indian author and the first Indian woman to win the Booker prize. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Wahrheit und Macht. Arundhati Roy im Gespräch mit David Barsamian. Mit einem Vorwort von Naomi Klein. (2003) 127 Exemplare
The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament (2016) 17 Exemplare
Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy and Come September: Two Talks by Arundhati Roy, With Howard Zinn (2004) 7 Exemplare
Au-devant des périls: La marche en avant de la nation hindoue (Tracts) (French Edition) (2020) 3 Exemplare
bahujan Hitay? othya dharananchi samajik kinmat 2 Exemplare
Pelo bem comum 2 Exemplare
La speranza, nel frattempo. Una conversazione tra Arundhat Roy, John Berger e Maria Nadotti (2010) 2 Exemplare
We. 2 Exemplare
Ma Marche avex les Camarades 1 Exemplar
SONSUZ ADALETİN MUHASEBESİ 1 Exemplar
Il dio delle piccole cose. Romanzo. 1 Exemplar
The pandemic is a portal 1 Exemplar
Annihilation of Caste 1 Exemplar
Ekathipathia Jananayagam 1 Exemplar
Globalization and Terrorism 1 Exemplar
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How to Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism (2005) — Einführung — 104 Exemplare
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Inspired Lives: The Best of Real Life Yoga from Ascent Magazine (2005) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 10 Exemplare
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- Roy, Arundhati
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Roy, Suzanna Arundhati
- Geburtstag
- 1961-11-24
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Indien
- Land (für Karte)
- Indien
- Geburtsort
- Shillong, Meghalaya, Indien
- Wohnorte
- Kerala, Indien
Delhi, Indien - Ausbildung
- School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (B.Arch.)
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- novelist
actor
screenwriter - Beziehungen
- Roy, Mary (mother)
Roy, Prannoy (cousin)
Krishen, Pradip (spouse) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize (2002)
Sydney Peace Prize (2004)
Man Booker Prize for Fiction (1997)
Norman Mailer Prize (2011)
National Film Award for Best Screenplay (1989)
Orwell Award (2004) (Zeige alle 7)
Sahitya Akademi Award (2006)
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Rund um dieses tragische Ereignis entwickelt Arundhati Roy nach und nach ein Familienepos, das Jahrzehnte und Generationen erfasst. Doch Roy schildert nicht nur das Leben einer wohlhabenden Familie im postkolonialen Indien. Roy zeigt ein Sittenbild des damaligen Indiens im Spannungsfeld zwischen Moderne und Tradition. Angesprochen wird das Kastenwesen, das Aufkeimen des Kommunismus, die Unterdrückung der Frau, verbotene Liebe und die Suche nach der kulturellen Identität.
Roys Erzählweise ist gewöhnungsbedürftig: Viele Zusammenhänge erschließen sich erst im Nachhinein, die Erzählung ist nicht chronologisch und nimmt manche Ereignisse vorweg während sie andere nur andeutet. Beim Roman handelt es sich sohin, trotz gängiger Motive, keineswegs um leichte Lektüre.… (mehr)