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

Comments

Vbu Syllabus of semester 5 English Literature

S yllabus of English Literature Semester 5 Paper - XI Unit-I. History of Feminism and feminist Literature in the west and India. Unit-II. Feminism:- Black feminism, Gynocriticism, Ecofeminism, Marxist and socialist feminism, Radical feminism cultural feminism, Anarchy feminism. Unit-III. Fasting feasting : By Ani...

The novel : Pygmalion

Pygmalion by Ge orge Bernard Shaw Brief Explanation with reference to the content of the following : Act : - I "Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech : that you native language is the langue of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible : and not sit there crooning like a billion pigeon". > These lines have been taken the drama Pygmalion written by G. B. Shaw. Professor Higgins who is in search of a suitable candidate for teaching the act of pronounciation looks act Eliza, waken her desire for rea..... and changed her. He thinks that the girl has potentiality to be a duchess. At first Eliza appears to be happy with job of selling flower she says that she is right to sell flower. Professor Higgins to makes understand that she is a human being with a divine gift life force. She wants she can transformed he...

T.S. Eliot's Life and works

T.S. Eliot Thomas Sterns Eliot was born on 26 september 1888 at st. Louis Missouri an industrial town in USA . His grandfather established unitarian church at St. Louis. He was a man at academic interest and in course of time, he became the founder of washington University in America. The Poet's father was a successful breaks traders. He married Charlotte Sterns who herself was an educated woman of very interest. T.S. Eliot interested in his scholarly business quality from his parent. Primary Education : He was successful education at St. Louis school and from their to Howard University from the very beginning, He was an intelligent student and began written at a tender age. The poet of Howard , he was very genius . He staged from 1906-1910 there. he went France after graduating from the Howard University from their he went to Germany where he came in contact with contemporary writers and studies their works. The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock (1917) was wri...

English Tech

Search This Blog