And Roy is biography

Arundati Roy Arundati Roy Arundhathati Roy, an Indian writer, left -wing political figure and critic of globalization, was born on November 24 in Schillologa, Kerala, India. Among her literary works are the novel “God of the Logs”, some political books and numerous essays. Arundati Roy's mother is a Christian native to Kerala in the south -west of India, father is an Hindu from Bengal, the owner of a tea plantation.

Arundati Roy spent her childhood in the city of Aimans in Kerala and at the age of 16 moved to New Delhi, where she still lives.

She graduated from the Corpus Christi school, which was headed by her mother, the famous public figure Mary Roy. Arundati Roy later studied at the architectural college, where she met her first husband Gerard da Kunya. In the year, Arundati Roy met the director Pradip Krishen, who became her second husband. Thanks to him, she became interested in cinema. Having played several small roles, including in the received several international film awards of Krishen "Massey Sahib", she began to write scripts for cinema and television.

In the year, Roy began working on her first novel completed in the year. A year later, he came out under the name "God of the little things." The semibiographic novel tells partially about her childhood in a Christian family in high society Kerala. This is what the author says about this: “Much of the atmosphere in“ Logs God ”is based on my experience as it was - to grow in the staff of Kerala.

The most interesting thing is that it was the only place in the world where religions are in contact, there is Christianity, Hinduism, Marxism and Islam, and they all live together and were injured, Marxism was very strong, it was very strong. следующей неделе. Её рукопись была послана писателем Панкаджем Мишра трём издательствам в Великобритании и вызвала большой интерес. Один из издателей, Дэвид Годвин, был так тронут романом Арундати Рой, что сел в самолёт и прилетел в Индию, чтобы стать её первым агентом.

Годвин принялся за работу, и вскоре восемь издательств уже предлагали Рой большие деньги за права на публикацию в Великобритании and continental Europe. Arundati Roy sold the rights to publish her book in 21 countries for the same, she became the owner of the Buker Prize and gained international fame. Subsequently, Arundati Roy used her celebrity to pay public attention to important political problems.

In a number of essays and speeches, she opposed the atomic weapons of India and neighboring Pakistan, as well as against Indian nationalism. She also took part in protest events against the project of the construction of the dam on the Narmad River, since such projects, as a rule, are carried out at the expense of the land of almost powerless and poorest groups of the population.

Due to its popularity, Roy was able to attract the attention of national and international media to these problems. The literary activity of Arundati Roy was completely focused on the lighting and criticism of political and social topics. She opposed the so -called “war against terrorism”, begun by the United States, against the war in Iraq, as well as against the policy of the World Bank and the WTO.

Thanks to this, the writer has become one of the most famous Rupors of environmental, peaceful and anti -globalization movements. In the year, the Supreme Court in Delhi sentenced her to imprisonment, as she accused the judges of suppressing protests against the construction of the dam on the Narmada River. The conclusion turned out to be purely symbolic: it was only one day.

In the year, Arundati Roy was awarded for social activities and speech for non -violence of the Sydney Prize of the World. According to media reports, in the year she, for political reasons, abandoned the highest literary award of India. In a letter to the award committee sponsored by the state, Roy reported that she was in deep gratitude, but could not accept the award, since she does not agree with the policy of the Indian government, in particular, with regard to the possession of atomic weapons and the construction of large dams.

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