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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

गायत्री चक्रवर्ती स्पीवाक

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary theorist and feminist critic. She is a professor at Columbia University and a founding member of Columbia's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.

BORN

24 February 1942

HONOUR

Padma Bhushan

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Key facts

Born
24 February 1942, Kolkata
State of birth
Kolkata, West Bengal
Sector
Literature & writing
Profession
Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic
Gender
Female

Biography

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary theorist and feminist critic. She is a professor at Columbia University and a founding member of Columbia's Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.

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Timeline

  1. 1942Born in Kolkata
  2. 1995Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship
  3. 2012Awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
  4. 2014Awarded the honorary doctor of Paris 8 University
  5. 2021Awarded the Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
  6. 2024Awarded the honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University
  7. 2025Awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize
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