Tagged: Indian English writers

May 23, 2019

Jayanta Mahapatra – The first Indian poet to win Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry

Jayanta Mahapatra is an acclaimed writer and poet belonging to English literature. He has been publishing his poetry works since early 1970s and Close the Sky Ten was his first poetry collection, published in...

Biographies / Literature

May 23, 2019

Upamanyu Chatterjee – English author of ‘English, August’ fame

Upamanyu Chatterjee is an Indian civil servant and English writer from Patna, best known for his celebrated work – English, August: An Indian Story published in 1988. The film was later adapted to silver...