Arundhati Roy

Suzanna Arundhati Roy (24. 11. 1961-) je indijska spisateljica romana i aktivistica. Godine 1997. je osvojila Bookerovu nagradu za svoj prvi roman The God of Small Things.

Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy (2013).
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	24. 11. 1961. (1961-11-24) Shillong, Meghalaya, Indija
Nacionalnost	indijska
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	romanopisac, esejist, aktivist
Opus
1997–
Znamenita djela
The God of Small Things
Nagrade
Man Booker Prize (1997) Sydney Peace Prize (2004)

Biografija

Roy je rođena u Shillongu u državi Meghalaya u braku keralske sirijske kršćanske majke - feminističke aktivistioce Mary Roy - i bengalskog oca hindusa koji je uzgajao čaj. U New Delhiju je stiudirala arhitekturu i tamo srela svog prvog muža, arhitekta Gerarda DaCunhu.

Godine 1984. je srela svog drugog muža - filmaša Pradipa Kishena - te se pod njegovim utjecajem počela baviti filmom. U nagrađenom filmu Massey Sahib je glumila seljanku. Iskustva sa studija je pretočila u scenario za hvaljeni TV-film In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones koji je režirao njen suprug.

Javnosti je postala poznata člankom iz 1994. u kome je oštro napala film Bandit Queen u režiji Shekhara Kapura, tvrdeći da je eksploatirao i pogrešno prikazao život znamenite razbojnice Phoolan Devi.

Godine 1992. je Roy počela pisati, a četiri godine kasnije dovršila svoj prvi roman The God of Small Things, koji je godinu dana kasnije dobio Bookerovu nagradu i postao međunarodni bestseler. Nakon toga je prestala pisati romane, iako je napisala nekoliko filmskih i televizijskih scenarija.

Razlog za to je bila njena odluka da se što je moguće više posveti društvenom aktivizmu. To se prije svega odnosi na pokušaj zaustavljanja kontroverznog projekta brane Narmada. Osim toga je poznata i po žestokoj kritici indijskog programa nuklearnog naoružanja i američke vanjske politike koju je optužila da nastoji stvoriti globalni Američki imperij.

Bibliografija

Knjige

• Roy, Arundhati; (1997). The God of Small Things. Flamingo. ISBN 0-00-655068-1. 
• Roy, Arundhati; (1999). The Cost of Living. Flamingo. ISBN 0-00-257187. . It contains the essays The Greater Common Good and The End of Imagination, which are now included in the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice
• Roy, Arundhati; (2002). The Algebra of Infinite Justice. Flamingo. ISBN 0-00-714949-2.  (a collection of essays: The End of Imagination, The Greater Common Good, Power Politics [also a book], The Ladies Have Feelings, So..., The Algebra of Infinite Justice, War is Peace, Democracy, War Talk [also a book] and Come September.)
• Foreword to For Reasons of State (2003) ISBN 1-56584-794-6 by Noam Chomsky
• Roy, Arundhati; (2002). Power Politics. South End Press. ISBN 0-89608-668-2. 
• Roy, Arundhati; (2003). War Talk. South End Press. ISBN 0-89608-724-7. 
• Roy, Arundhati; (2004). An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire, Consortium Book Sales and Dist, September 15, 2004, hardcover, ISBN 0-89608-728-X; trade paperback, Consortium, September 15, 2004, ISBN 0-89608-727-1
• Roy, Arundhati; (2004). Public Power in the Age of Empire. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-682-6. 
• Roy, Arundhati; (2004). The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy. South End Press. ISBN 0-89608-710-7. 

Eseji, govori i članci

• Insult and Injury in Afghanistan (MSNBC, 20. 11. 2001.)
• War is Peace Arhivirano 2007-12-18 na Wayback Machine-u (Outlook, 29. 10. 2001.)
• Stop bombing Afghanistan
• Instant Democracy (13. 5. 2003.)

Vanjske veze

Arundhati Roy na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

Biografski materijal

• Literary Encyclopedia (in-progress)
• SAWNET biography
• Bibliography

Ch'ien, Evelyn Nien-Ming. "The Politics of Design." In Weird English. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard UP, 2004.

Djela, govori

• 'We' The Unauthorised Arundhati Roy Musical Documentary (watch & download free or order DVD by donation)
  • Australian release without extras - resist.com.au Arhivirano 2007-12-20 na Wayback Machine-u
  • American release with extras - weroy.org
• Come September Arhivirano 2010-07-28 na Wayback Machine-u Transcript of speech on 18 September 2002 and conversation with Howard Zinn
• Archive of Arundhati Roy on Democracy Now! Arhivirano 2006-04-18 na Wayback Machine-u
• `We have to become the global resistance' Arhivirano 2006-09-28 na Wayback Machine-u (Abriged version of speech given at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, 16. January 2004)
• Tide? or Ivory Snow? Public Power in the Age of Empire Arhivirano 2007-11-15 na Wayback Machine-u (August 16, 2004 speech in San Francisco)
• ABC Radio National transcript of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture Arhivirano 2009-01-01 na Wayback Machine-u (with audio) or download the speech here Arhivirano 2008-12-02 na Wayback Machine-u
• The Most Cowardly War in History Arhivirano 2006-04-13 na Wayback Machine-u (Article dated 24 June 2005)
• Complete Collection of Her Essays and Speeches (in-progress)

Ostalo

• We, a political documentary about Roy's words
• The Algebra of Arundhati’s Injudiciousness Arhivirano 2006-10-27 na Wayback Machine-u by Farzana Versey
• Arundhati Roy denounces Indian democracy by Atul Cowshish
• Carreira,Shirley de S. G.A representação da mulher em Shame, de Salman Rushdie, e O deus das pequenas coisas, de Arundathi Roy. In: MONTEIRO, Conceição & LIMA, Tereza M. de O. ed. Rio de JAneiro: Caetés, 2005