Sahgal, Nayantara, 1927-

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Name (Latin)
Sahgal, Nayantara, 1927-
Other forms of name
Pandit, Nayantara, 1927-
nna Sahgal, Nayantara Pandit, 1927-
Nayantara Pandit, 1927-
Nayantara Sahgal, 1927-
Date of birth
1927-05-10
Place of residence/headquarters
Dehra Dūn (India)
Field of activity
Literature
Associate group
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Occupation
Women authors, Indic
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 113514914
Wikidata: Q448399
Library of congress: n 79064591
Sources of Information
  • The story of India's freedom movement, 2013:bio (member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; honorary doctorate of letters from University of Leeds; resident of Dehradun)
  • Her Prison and chocolate cake, 1954.
  • Her Indira Gandhi, her road to power, c1982:t.p. (Nayantara Sahgal)

Wikipedia description:

Nayantara Sahgal (née Pandit; born 10 May 1927) is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us (1985).

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