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Famous Books and Authors – Indian, Odia & International (Complete GK Notes)

 

Famous Books and Authors – Indian, Odia & International

📖 Introduction

    Books and their authors are an important part of General Knowledge (GK). This topic is asked in SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railways, Defence, and School Exams. Students must focus on famous Indian writers, Odia literature, and Nobel/Booker prize-winning authors.

✅ Famous Books and Authors – Indian Writers

  • Geetanjali – Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Prize, 1913)

  • Discovery of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

  • Wings of Fire – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  • Ignited Minds – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  • Train to Pakistan – Khushwant Singh

  • God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy (Booker Prize, 1997)

  • The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga (Booker Prize, 2008)

  • Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie (Booker Prize, 1981)

  • Malgudi Days – R. K. Narayan

  • Swami and Friends – R. K. Narayan

  • My Truth – Indira Gandhi

  • Exam Warriors – Narendra Modi

  • An Era of Darkness – Shashi Tharoor

  • Why I am an Atheist – Bhagat Singh

  • Prison Diary – Jayaprakash Narayan

  • The Great Indian Novel – Shashi Tharoor

  • A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth

  • The Glass Palace – Amitav Ghosh

  • Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri (Pulitzer Prize, 2000) 

✅ Famous Books and Authors – Odia Literature

  • Chilika – Radhanath Ray

  • Chha Mana Atha Guntha – Fakir Mohan Senapati (First Odia Novel)

  • Rebati – Fakir Mohan Senapati (First Odia short story)

  • Matira Manisha – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi

  • Abhijanika Abakasha – Ramakanta Rath

  • Paraja – Gopinath Mohanty (Jnanpith Award, 1974)

  • Amrutara Santana – Gopinath Mohanty (also Jnanpith work)

  • Samudra Kshudha – Gopinath Mohanty

  • Baji Rout – Sachidananda Routray (Jnanpith Award, 1986)

  • Pheria – Sitakant Mahapatra (Jnanpith Award, 1993)

  • Nilasaila – Surendra Mohanty

  • Dadi Budha – Gopinath Mohanty

  • Odia Bhagabata – Jagannath Das

  • Sarala Mahabharata – Sarala Das (Adikavi of Odisha)

  • Laxmipurana – Balaram Das

✅ Famous Books and Authors – International Writers

  • War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (Russia)

  • Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

  • Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (UK)

  • Emma – Jane Austen

  • Hamlet / Macbeth / Othello – William Shakespeare (UK)

  • Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare

  • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho (Brazil)

  • 1984 – George Orwell (UK)

  • Animal Farm – George Orwell

  • Harry Potter Series – J. K. Rowling (UK)

  • Origin of Species – Charles Darwin (UK)

  • The Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith (UK)

  • The Republic – Plato (Greece)

  • The Iliad / Odyssey – Homer (Greece)

  • The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway (USA, Nobel Prize)

  • A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

  • To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (USA)

  • The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald (USA)

  • Ulysses – James Joyce (Ireland)

  • Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes (Spain)

  • Les Misérables – Victor Hugo (France)

  • The Stranger – Albert Camus (France)

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia, Nobel Prize 1982)

📌 Quick Facts for Exams

  • First Odia Novel: Chha Mana Atha Guntha – Fakir Mohan Senapati

  • First Indian Nobel Laureate in Literature: Rabindranath Tagore (Geetanjali)

  • First Indian Booker Prize Winner: Arundhati Roy (God of Small Things)

  • Youngest Indian Booker Winner: Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger)

  • Odia Jnanpith Awardees: Gopinath Mohanty, Sachidananda Routray, Sitakant Mahapatra

📝 Conclusion

    The Books and Authors list is one of the most repeated GK questions in exams. For better preparation, students should memorize the Indian, Odia, and International authors separately.