| Names |
GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY
SPIVAK |
| Date of
Birth |
February 24, 1942 |
| Identity |
Indian literary
theorist, philosopher and University Professor at Columbia
University |
| General |
- She is a founding member of the Columbia University's
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.
- She is best known for the essay "Can the Subaltern
Speak?" considered a founding text of post-colonialism;
and for her translation of, and introduction to Jacques
Derrida's De la grammatologie.
- 2012: She was awarded the
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for being "a critical
theorist and educator speaking for the humanities against
intellectual colonialism in relation to the globalized
world".
- 2013: She received the
Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award given by the
Republic of India.
- She is best known for her contemporary cultural and
critical theories to challenge the "legacy of colonialism"
and the way readers engage with literature and culture.
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