This author described his radicalization and move from Bengal to the U.S. in his autobiography Caste and Outcast. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this first well-known Indian author to write in English, who became the first non-white winner of the Newbery Medal for his 1928 novel Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon.
ANSWER: Dhan Gopal Mukerji
[10e] Unfortunately, the best known children’s writer inspired by animal stories from India is undoubtedly this British author of The Jungle Book.
ANSWER: Rudyard Kipling [or Joseph Rudyard Kipling]
[10m] On a more positive note, Mukerji's The Face of Silence “is said to have deeply influenced” this French author, who won the Nobel in 1915 largely on the strength of his 10-volume novel Jean-Christophe.
ANSWER: Romain Rolland
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