1. Salman Rushdie-
- Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.
- His second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
- Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent.
- He combines magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the subject of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries.
2. Vikram Seth-
- Vikram Seth, (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet.
- He has written several novels and poetry books.
- He has received several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award.
- Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon.
- Notable works- A Suitable Boy The Golden Gate An Equal Music.
3. Anita Desai-
- Anita Desai, born Anita Mazumdar (born 24 June 1937) is an Indian novelist and the Emerita John E.
- As a writer she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times.
- She received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for her novel Fire on the Mountain, from the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.
- She won the British Guardian Prize for The Village by the Sea.
- Her novels include Fire on the Mountain (1977), which won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, and Clear Light of Day (1980), In Custody (1984) and Fasting, Feasting (1999), each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In Custody was made into a film by Merchant Ivory productions. Her children's book The Village by the Sea (1982), won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
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