Key facts
- Born
- 11 July 1956, Kolkata
- State of birth
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Sector
- Journalism & media
- Profession
- Indian writer
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Amitav Ghosh is an American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.
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Timeline
- 1956Born in Kolkata
- 1989Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in English
- 1989Awarded the Ananda Puraskar
- 1990Awarded the Prix Médicis étranger
- 1997Awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Award
- 2007Awarded the Asian American Literary Awards
- 2009Awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 2010Awarded the Dan David Prize
- 2010Awarded the doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
- 2024Awarded the Erasmus Prize
- 2026Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5