Editing Arundhati Roy (section)

==Awards and recognition==
Roy was awarded the 1997 [[Booker Prize]] for her novel ''[[The God of Small Things]]''. The award carried a prize of approximately US$30,000<ref>{{cite news |title=Arundhati Roy interviewed |first=David |last=Barsamian |work=The South Asian |date=September 2001 |url=http://www.the-south-asian.com/Sept2001/Arundhati_Roy-Interview1.htm |author-link=David Barsamian |access-date=21 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225031554/http://www.the-south-asian.com/Sept2001/Arundhati_Roy-Interview1.htm |archive-date=25 December 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and a citation that noted, "The book keeps all the promises that it makes".<ref>{{cite web | title = Previous winners&nbsp;– 1997 | publisher = Booker Prize Foundation | url = http://www.themanbookerprize.com/about/previous/1997.php | access-date =21 March 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070127162449/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/about/previous/1997.php |archive-date = 27 January 2007}}</ref> Roy donated the prize money she received, as well as royalties from her book, to human rights causes. Prior to the Booker, Roy won the [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] in 1989, for the screenplay of ''[[In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones]]'', in which she captured the anguish among the students prevailing in professional institutions.<ref name="national award"/> In 2015, she returned the national award in protest against religious intolerance and the growing violence by rightwing groups in India.<ref>{{cite news |first = Hannah |last=Ellis |title = Arundhati Roy returns award in protest against religious intolerance in India |url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/05/arundhati-roy-returns-award-protest-religious-intolerance-india-bollywood-modi-government-violence |newspaper = The Guardian |date = 5 November 2015 |access-date = 5 November 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151106021810/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/05/arundhati-roy-returns-award-protest-religious-intolerance-india-bollywood-modi-government-violence |archive-date = 6 November 2015 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2002, she won the [[Lannan Foundation]]'s Cultural Freedom Award for her work "about civil societies that are adversely affected by the world's most powerful governments and corporations", in order "to celebrate her life and her ongoing work in the struggle for freedom, justice and cultural diversity".<ref>{{cite web | title = 2002 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Arundhati Roy | website = [[Lannan Foundation]] | url = http://www.lannan.org/lf/cf/detail/2002-prize-for-cultural-freedom-roy | access-date = 21 March 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070206132403/http://www.lannan.org/lf/cf/detail/2002-prize-for-cultural-freedom-roy | archive-date = 6 February 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

In 2003, she was awarded "special recognition" as a Woman of Peace at the [[Global Exchange]] Human Rights Awards in [[San Francisco]] with [[Bianca Jagger]], [[Barbara Lee]], and [[Kathy Kelly]].

Roy was awarded the [[Sydney Peace Prize]] in May 2004 for her work in social campaigns and her advocacy of [[Nonviolence|non-violence]].<ref>Bhandari, Neena (29 May 2004), [http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=224910 "Arundhati Roy gets Sydney Peace Prize"], ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'', Retrieved 1 April 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821011747/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=224910 |date=21 August 2013 }}.</ref><ref>Roy, Arundhati (8 November 2004), [http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?225601-0 "Peace?..."],  ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'', Retrieved 1 April 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219223418/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?225601-0 |date=19 February 2015 }}.</ref> That same year she was awarded the [[Orwell Award]], along with [[Seymour Hersh]], by the [[National Council of Teachers of English]].<ref>{{cite web|title=George Orwell Award|url=https://ncte.org/awards/george-orwell-award/|website=ncte.org}}</ref>

In January 2006, she was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], a national award from [[India's Academy of Letters]], for her collection of essays on contemporary issues, ''[[The Algebra of Infinite Justice]]'', but she declined to accept it "in protest against the Indian Government toeing the US line by 'violently and ruthlessly pursuing policies of brutalisation of industrial workers, increasing [[Military history of India#Recent developments|militarisation]] and [[Economic liberalisation in India|economic neo-liberalisation]]{{'"}}.<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0116-01.htm "Sahitya Akademi Award: Arundhati Roy Rejects Honor"], ''[[Deccan Herald]]'', 16 January 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821132821/http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0116-01.htm |date=21 August 2013 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Van Gelder|first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder|date=17 January 2006|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/17/books/arts/arts-briefly.html?ref=arundhatiroy|title=Arts, Briefly {{!}} Award-Winning Novelist Rejects a Prize|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=18 December 2011}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306020244/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D6143FF934A25752C0A9609C8B63&ref=arundhatiroy |date=6 March 2016 }}.</ref>

In November 2011, she was awarded the [[Norman Mailer Prize]] for Distinguished Writing.<ref>[http://hamishhamilton.co.uk/news/from-norman-mailer-to-arundhati-roy "From Norman Mailer to Arundhati Roy"]. [[Hamish Hamilton]]. Retrieved 13 December 2015). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130200/http://hamishhamilton.co.uk/news/from-norman-mailer-to-arundhati-roy |date=22 December 2015 }}.</ref>

Roy was featured in the 2014 list of [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]], the 100 most influential people in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/collection-post/70812/arundhati-roy-2014-time-100/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914200636/http://time.com/70812/|url-status=dead|title=Arundhati Roy: The World's 100 Most Influential People|first=Pankaj|last=Mishra|author-link=Pankaj Mishra|website=TIME|date=23 April 2014|archive-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

[[St. Louis University]] gave Roy the 2022 [[St. Louis Literary Award]], granted to the "most important writers of our time" to celebrate "the contributions of literature in enriching our lives".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slu.edu/library/st-louis-literary-award-programs/literary-award/arundhati-roy.php|title=St. Louis Literary Award {{!}} Arundhati Roy|publisher=St. Louis University|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slu.edu/news/2022/april/literary-award.php|title=Arundhati Roy Receives the 2022 St. Louis Literary Award|first=Maggie |last=Rotermund|publisher=Saint Louis University|date=29 April 2022|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stlmag.com/culture/Literature/2022-st-louis-literary-award-Arundhati-Roy/|title=A conversation with 2022 St. Louis Literary Award recipient Arundhati Roy|first=Tobeya|last=Ibitayo|work=St. Louis Magazine|date=22 April 2022|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref> The award ceremony was on 28 April 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-SVAFgEd5g|title=2022 St. Louis Literary Award Winner Arundhati Roy|date=4 May 2022 |publisher=Saint Louis University Library Associates|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-04-28/for-arundhati-roy-the-st-louis-literary-award-allowed-her-to-see-the-river-of-her-childhood-dreams|title=For Arundhati Roy, the St. Louis Literary Award allowed her to see the river of her childhood dreams|first=Sarah|last=Fenske|date=28 April 2022|website=St. Louis Public Radio {{!}} To the Best of Our Knowledge|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>

In September 2023, Roy received the lifetime achievement award at the 45th European Essay Prize for the French translation of her book ''Azadi''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Arundhati |date=2023-09-14 |title=Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world |url=https://scroll.in/article/1055943/arundhati-roy-the-dismantling-of-democracy-in-india-will-affect-the-whole-world |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2024, Roy was announced as winner of the annual [[PEN Pinter Prize]], given by human rights organization [[English PEN]] to a writer who, in the words of late playwright [[Harold Pinter]], casts an "unflinching, unswerving" gaze on the world and shows "fierce intellectual determination ... to define the real truth of our lives and our societies".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/27/arundhati-roy-wins-pen-pinter-prize-amid-prosecution-threat-over-kashmir-comments|title=Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter prize amid prosecution threat over Kashmir comments|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Ella|last=Creamer|date=27 June 2024|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref> English PEN chair [[Ruth Borthwick]] said Roy tells "urgent stories of injustice with wit and beauty".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.englishpen.org/posts/campaigns/arundhati-roy-awarded-pen-pinter-prize-2024/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627114825/https://www.englishpen.org/posts/campaigns/arundhati-roy-awarded-pen-pinter-prize-2024/|url-status=live|title=Arundhati Roy awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2024|date=27 June 2024|archive-date=27 June 2024|publisher=[[English PEN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6992921/arundhati-roy-pen-pinter-prize-winner/|title=Arundhati Roy Wins PEN Pinter Prize Amid Indian Prosecution Threat|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|first=Armani|last=Syed|date=27 June 2024|access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref>

In August 2024, Roy and [[Toomaj Salehi]] shared the Disturbing the Peace Award, a recognition the Vaclav Havel Center accords to courageous writers at risk. The award committee chair, [[Bill Shipsey]], called them "wonderful exemplars of the spirit of [[Václav Havel]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://havelcenter.org/2024/08/15/winners-of-the-vhc-2024-disturbing-the-peace-award/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816015447/https://havelcenter.org/2024/08/15/winners-of-the-vhc-2024-disturbing-the-peace-award/|url-status=live|title=Arundhati Roy and Toomaj Salehi win the 2024 'Disturbing the Peace' Award for a Courageous Writer at Risk|date=15 August 2024|archive-date=16 August 2024|publisher=Vaclav Havel Center}}</ref>

On 10 October 2024, Roy named imprisoned British-Egyptian activist [[Alaa Abd El-Fattah]] as the international "writer of courage" with whom she chose to share the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, announced at a ceremony at the [[British Library]], where Roy delivered her acceptance speech.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/10/imprisoned-british-egyptian-activist-named-pen-writer-of-courage-2024|title=Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024|first=Lucy|last=Knight|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/palestine-israel-apartheid-arundhati-roy-pen-pinter-prize|title='No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That Is Palestine: Arundhati Roy's PEN Pinter Prize Acceptance Speech|first=Arundhati|last=Roy|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]|location=India|date=11 October 2024|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref> Author and journalist [[Naomi Klein]] also spoke, praising Roy's and Abd El-Fattah's work, and [[Lina Attalah]], editor-in-chief of independent online Egyptian newspaper ''[[Mada Masr]]'', accepted the award on Abd El-Fattah's behalf.<ref name="Bookseller Spanoudi" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/alaa-abd-el-fattah-named-writer-of-courage-2024/|title=Alaa Abd el-Fattah named Writer of Courage 2024|publisher=[[Faber & Faber|Faber]]|date=11 October 2024|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>