Indian English literature
Indian English literature (IEL), also referred to as Indian Writing in English (IWE), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language but whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. Its early history began with the works of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and Michael Madhusudan Dutt followed by Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo. R. K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao contributed to the growth and popularity of Indian English fiction in the 1930s. It is also associated, in some cases, with the works of members of the Indian diaspora who subsequently compose works in English.
Arundhati Roy
Salman Rushdie
Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.
Portrait of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, c. 1907
The street where M Dutta used to live in Versailles, France.
12 Rue Des Chantiers, 78000 Versailles, France – the apartment building where M. Dutta dwelled (photo taken in July 2011)
Dutta's residence in Khidirpur, Kolkata, India