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Fareed Zakaria Biography: Age, Early Life, Education, CNN’s GPS, Books and Family
Fareed Zakaria biography: born in Bombay in 1964, the journalist and author hosts CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes on world affairs…
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Pratibha Ray Biography: Age, Early Life, Yajnaseni, Novels, Jnanpith Award and Family
Pratibha Ray biography: born in 1943, the Odia novelist of Yajnaseni became the first woman writer from Odisha to win the Jnanpith…
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Bhai Vir Singh Biography: Early Life, Sundari, Rana Surat Singh, Singh Sabha Movement and Legacy
Bhai Vir Singh biography: born in Amritsar in 1872, the poet, novelist and scholar is regarded as the father of modern Punjabi…
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S. L. Bhyrappa Biography: Early Life, Parva, Vamshavriksha, Aavarana, Awards and Family
S. L. Bhyrappa biography: born in 1931, the Kannada novelist of Parva and Aavarana was for decades the best-selling serious writer in…
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Shiv Kumar Batalvi Biography: Early Life, Loona, Songs of Separation, Sahitya Akademi Award and Family
Shiv Kumar Batalvi biography: born in 1936, the Punjabi poet of longing wrote Loona, became the youngest Sahitya Akademi winner and died…
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Ismat Chughtai Biography: Early Life, Lihaaf, the Obscenity Trial, Novels, Films and Family
Ismat Chughtai biography: born in 1915, the Urdu writer of Lihaaf and Terhi Lakeer wrote fearlessly about women's lives and was tried…
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Indira Goswami Biography: Early Life, Novels, Jnanpith Award, Peace Efforts in Assam and Legacy
Indira Goswami biography: born in 1942, the Assamese novelist known as Mamoni Raisom Goswami wrote about widows and the dispossessed and won…
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Amrita Pritam Biography: Early Life, Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu, Pinjar, Jnanpith Award and Personal Life
Amrita Pritam biography: born in 1919, the Punjabi poet and novelist wrote the great lament of Partition and the novel Pinjar, and…
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Lakshminath Bezbaroa Biography: Early Life, Jonaki, Burhi Aair Sadhu, Assam’s State Song and Legacy
Lakshminath Bezbaroa biography: born in 1864, the 'Sahityarathi' of Assam led the Jonaki age of Assamese literature and wrote the state song…
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Gopinath Mohanty Biography: Early Life, Paraja, Amrutara Santana, Jnanpith Award and Legacy
Gopinath Mohanty biography: born in 1914, the Odia novelist of Paraja and Mati Matala wrote about the tribal peoples of Koraput and…
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Fakir Mohan Senapati Biography: Early Life, Saving the Odia Language, Rebati, Chha Mana Atha Guntha and Legacy
Fakir Mohan Senapati biography: born in 1843, the father of modern Odia literature defended the language against abolition and wrote the novel…
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Umashankar Joshi Biography: Early Life, Nishith, Gangotri, Jnanpith Award and Public Life
Umashankar Joshi biography: born in 1911, the Gujarati poet of Nishith shared the Jnanpith Award in 1967 and was a leading voice…