| Names |
NAYANTARA SAHGAL |
| Date of
Birth |
May 10, 1927 |
| Identity |
Indian
writer in English |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
Her fiction deals with
India's elite responding to the crises engendered by political
change. |
| General |
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She was one of the first female Indian writers in English
to receive wide recognition.
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She is a
member of the Nehru family, the second of
the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
1986 Sahitya
Akademi Award for English, for her novel, Rich Like Us
(1985), by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of
Letters. |
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