Biography of Amitav Ghosh

Biography : -

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta on 11 July 1956 to a Bengali Hindu family, to Licutenant colonel shailendra Chandra Ghosh a retired officer of the pre Independence Indian army he was educated at the all Begs Donn school where he edited the Doon School weekly. His contemporaries at dawn included authors Vikram seth and Ram Guys. After doon, he received degree from Stephen's college Delhi University his first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in Delhi.

Ghosh lived in New York with his wife, Deborah Boker, authour of the Laura Riding. He is an Indian author best known for his work in english fiction. They have two children, Lila and Nayan. He has been a fellow at the central for studies in social Science, Calcutta and central for Development studies in Trivandram.

He was awarded the padma shree by the Indian Government in 2007. In 2009 he was elected a Fellow at the Royal Society of literature. In 2015 Ghosh was named a Ford foundation art of change Fellow.

Works of Amitav Ghosh : -

* Novels : -

1. The circle of Reason (1986) Debute novel

2. The shadow lines 1988

3. The Calcutta chromosome 1995

4. The glass palace 2000

5. The hungry tide 2004

6. Sea of poppies 2008

7. River of smoke 2011

8. Flood of fire 2015

* Non-fictional Novel : -

1. In an antique land 1992

2. Dancing in Cambodia and at large in Burma 1998

3. Countdown 1999

4. The imam and the Indian 2002

5. Incendiary circumstances 2006

6. The great department climate change and the the unthinkable 2016

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