101 Great Indian Authors and Poets
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAF095 |
Author: | Shyam Dua |
Publisher: | Tiny Tot Publications |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2007 |
ISBN: | 9788175736593 |
Pages: | 108 (Throughout Color Illustrations) |
Cover: | Hardcover |
Other Details | 9.5 inch x 7.0 inch |
Weight | 440 gm |
Book Description
‘Famous Great Indians’ is a collection of books made to recognize the work and achievements of famous Indian personalities from all walks of life. It states the life and history of India’s most famous sons and daughters. It also acknowledges historical and cultural significance of the nation. The aim of designing the series is to basically create awareness about India’s famed culture and achievements among the present generation.
‘Famous Great Indians’ is a collection of various volumes recognizing the fame and glory associated with Indian personalities, history and culture. The series briefly describes the accomplishments and famous incidences of India’s famed heroes, their invaluable works and India’s glorious past and present. The sole purpose of the series is to familiarize the young generation with famous Indians from all walks of life, and to create awareness about the festivals and the architectural wonders that have imprinted India’s name in golden letters in the global scenario.
India has been a land of famous and talented personalities who have raised their level to reach the pinnacle in their respective fields. India has produced people of amazing capabilities in form of leaders, Poets, writers, scientists, saints, film personalities and sportsmen, who have been highlighted in the series, as it is necessary to acknowledge their contribution time and again.
India is also by and large known as the land of festivals, which are no more confined to the boundaries of our nation but are also being celebrated by the different communities around the world. The pomp and show and the historical relevance is described briefly for the convenience of the readers.
‘Famous Great Indians’, taken as a whole, is a great a great pool of knowledge and information, and a tribute to its great citizens and culture, which swells the heart of every Indian with pride.
‘Famous Great Indian Authors and Poets’ showcases some of the most creative and talented proponents of the written word in India. The book cites their achievements in the field of prose and verse literature. Indian literature has woven its way into the hearts of people everywhere.
Indian writers have shown their proficiency, not just in the regional languages but also in the universal English. The Vedas, the Ramayana, the Bhagawad Gita, the verses of Rabindranath Tagore and Kabir, the writings of Tulsidas, Valmiki, Aurobindo Ghose, Vivekanand a, the Midnight’s Children, the God of Small Things, the Interpreter of Maladies, all have had roots in the Indian soil.
Many gifted writers like Mahadevi Verma, Ramabai Ranade, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Munshi Premchand, Amrita Pritam have written in the regional Indian languages.
Celebrated authors and poets like R.K. Narayan, Salman Rushdie, Khushwant Singh, Kuldip Nayyar, Vikram Seth, Anita Desai, Shashi Tharoor, Arundati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri have popularised and brought fame to Indian writing in English.
Overall, ‘Famous Great Indian Authors and Poets’ is a collection of imaginative and artistic people who have brought glory to India and have contributed greatly to the recognition of Indian writing all over the world.
1 | A. Parthasarthy - Swamiji | 8 |
2 | Aayoratt Chantumenon | 9 |
3 | Abanindrananth Tagore | 10 |
4 | Acharya Narendra Dev | 11 |
5 | Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla | 12 |
6 | Amartya Sen | 13 |
7 | Amrita Pritam | 14 |
8 | Anita Desai | 15 |
9 | Annasaheb Kirloskar | 16 |
10 | Annie Besant | 17 |
11 | Arundhati Roy | 18 |
12 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 |
13 | Aurobindo Ghose | 20 |
14 | Babu Ramananda Chatterjee | 21 |
15 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee | 22 |
16 | Bhagini Nivedita | 23 |
17 | Bhartendu Harishchandra | 24 |
18 | Bhikhari Thakur | 25 |
19 | C.Y. Chintamani | 26 |
20 | Deepak Chopra | 27 |
21 | Fakir Mohan senapati | 28 |
22 | Firaq Gorakhpuri | 29 |
23 | G. Sankara Kurup | 30 |
24 | Gangadhar Meher | 31 |
25 | Githa Hariharan | 32 |
26 | Govardhan Ram Tripathi | 33 |
27 | Gulzar | 34 |
28 | Gurajada Venkata Appa Rao | 35 |
29 | H.K. Dua | 36 |
30 | Hari Narayana Apte | 37 |
31 | Harivansh Rai Bachchan | 38 |
32 | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi | 39 |
33 | J. Krishnamurti | 40 |
34 | J.B. Kirpalani | 41 |
35 | J.C. Bose | 42 |
36 | Javed Akhtar | 43 |
37 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 44 |
38 | Jayant Vishnu Narlikar | 45 |
39 | Jhumpa Lahiri | 46 |
40 | Kaka Hathrasi | 47 |
41 | Kalidasa | 48 |
42 | Kavi Pradeep | 49 |
43 | Khushwant Singh | 50 |
44 | Krishnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar | 51 |
45 | Kuldip Nayyar | 52 |
46 | Lala Lajpat Rai | 53 |
47 | Lakshminath Bezbaruah | 54 |
48 | M.J. Akbar | 55 |
49 | M. Venkatesh Iyyengar | 56 |
50 | Madhu Kishwar | 57 |
51 | Madhusudan Rao | 58 |
52 | Mahadevi Verma | 59 |
53 | Mahakavi Muddan | 60 |
54 | Mahasweta Devi | 61 |
55 | Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi | 62 |
56 | Maithili Sharan Gupt | 63 |
57 | Maulana Hasrat Mohani | 64 |
58 | Michael Madhusudan Dutta | 65 |
59 | Mirza Ghalib | 66 |
60 | Mohammad Iqbal | 67 |
61 | Mohan Rakesh | 68 |
62 | Mulk Raj Anand | 69 |
63 | Munshi Premchand | 70 |
64 | Muthuswami Iyer | 71 |
65 | Nagarjun | 72 |
66 | Pandit Pratap Narain Mishra | 73 |
67 | Pankaj Mishra | 74 |
68 | Pupul Jayakar | 75 |
69 | R.K. Laxman | 76 |
70 | R.K. Narayan | 77 |
71 | Rabindranath Tagore | 78 |
72 | Rahul Sankrityayan | 79 |
73 | Ramabai Ranade | 80 |
74 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | 81 |
75 | Romesh Chunder Dutt | 82 |
76 | Salman Rushdie | 83 |
77 | Shankaracharya | 84 |
78 | Sarojini Naidu | 85 |
79 | Shashi Tharoor | 86 |
80 | Shripad Damodar Satvalekar | 87 |
81 | Shobha De | 88 |
82 | Sir Jadunath Sarkar | 89 |
83 | Sohanlal Dwivedi | 90 |
84 | Subhadra Kumari Chauhan | 91 |
85 | Subramania Bharati | 92 |
86 | Sumitranandan Pant | 93 |
87 | Surdas | 94 |
88 | Suryakant Tripathi Nirala | 95 |
89 | Swami ramtirth | 96 |
90 | T.L. Vasvani | 97 |
91 | Toru Dutt | 98 |
92 | Tulsidas | 99 |
93 | V.S. Khandekar | 100 |
94 | Vallathol | 101 |
95 | Vemana | 102 |
96 | Vikram Seth | 103 |
97 | Vimla Patil | 104 |
98 | Vinod Mehta | 105 |
99 | Vir Sanghvi | 106 |
100 | Viswanatha Satya Narayana | 107 |
101 | Vivekananda | 108 |