Dumnezeul lucrurilor marunte

 

ARUNDHATI ROY, scriitoare si activista indiana, cunoscuta atat pentru romanele sale, cat si pentru eseistica politica incisiva, s-a nascut la 24 noiembrie 1961 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, si a studiat la Scoala de Arhitectura din Delhi, unde locuieste si in prezent. Debuteaza in 1997 cu romanul Dumnezeul lucrurilor marunte (The God of Small Things; Humanitas Fiction, 2018, 2022), castigator al Booker Prize si tradus in peste patruzeci de limbi. Douazeci de ani mai tarziu, in 2017, ii apare cel de-al doilea roman, Ministerul fericirii supreme (The Ministry of Utmost Happiness; Humanitas Fiction, 2019), nominalizat la Man Booker Prize si finalist la National Book Critics Circle Award in acelasi an. Arundhati Roy a scris numeroase eseuri si volume de non-fictiune care abordeaza teme politice, sociale si ecologice.

 

Printre cele mai cunoscute se numara Power Politics (2001), The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2002), War Talk (2003), Public Power in the Age of Empire (2004), Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers (2009), Broken Republic: Three Essays (2011), Capitalism: A Ghost Story (2014), Things That Can and Cannot Be Said (2016, impreuna cu John Cusack), The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste (2017), My Seditious Heart. Collected Non-Fiction (2019), Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction (2020). In 2025 publica Refugiul meu, furtuna mea (Mother Mary Comes to Me; Humanitas Fiction, 2026), volum finalist la Kirkus Prize – Nonfictiune si nominalizat la National Book Critics Circle Award – Autobiografie, unul dintre titlurile de top ale New York Times Book Review in 2025 si „Cartea anului“ in numeroase publicatii si platforme internationale. Este in curs de aparitie in peste douazeci si cinci de tari.

 

De-a lungul carierei sale, Arundhati Roy a fost distinsa cu numeroase premii de prestigiu, printre care Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize in 2002, Sydney Peace Prize in 2004 pentru activismul non-violent, Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished Writing in 2011, Ambedkar Sudar Award in 2015, St. Louis Literary Award in 2022, European Essay Prize in 2023, Pinter Prize in 2024. De asemenea, a fost inclusa in lista Time 100 a celor mai influenti oameni din lume in 2014.