Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic. She left for the United States of America to pursue her academic career in the late 1950s. She later taught English and comparative literature and then evolved into a literary critic. Over time, she became an exponent of deconstruction, Marxism, and postcolonialism. She rose to fame after the publication of two of her works. One of them was the translation of 'De la grammatologie' into English, titled 'Of Grammatology,' and the other was the essay 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' In recognition of her works, a lot of universities have awarded her with honorary doctorates. She has received a lot of awards for her books. She has been a recipient of the 'Padma Bhushan,' one of the highest civilian awards presented by the government of India, and the 'Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy,' awarded by the 'Inamori Foundation' of Japan.
