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Also Known As	Suzanna Arundhati Roy
Born	November 24, 1961 (age 63) • Bengal • India
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (1997)
Notable Works	“The Algebra of Infinite Justice” • “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” • “Broken Republic: Three Essays” • “Capitalism: A Ghost Story” • “Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers” • “Power Politics” • “Public Power in the Age of Empire” • “The God of Small Things” • “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” • “War Talk”

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