Amitav Ghosh Biography
In the Amitav Ghosh Biography, we will include his awards, achievements, honours, notable works, skills, book genres, profession, occupation etc below:
Name: Amitav Ghosh
Date of Birth: 11 July 1956
Place of Birth: Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Grew Up: India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
Professions/Occupations: Writer
Nationality: Indian
Career, Professions, and Notable Works
Professions/Occupations: Writer
Genres: Historical Fiction
Notable Works: The Great Derangement, The Glass Palace, Ibis trilogy, and The Shadow Lines
Website: www.amitavghosh.com
Awards and Achievements
1990 – The Ananda Puraskar, Calcutta – The Shadow Lines,
1990 – The Annual Award of the Sahitya Akademi – Indian Academy of Literature – The Shadow Lines,
1990 – The Prix Medicis Étrangère, Paris – The Circle of Reason
1995 – Best American Essays – The Ghosts of Mrs Gandhi,
1996 – The Arthur C. Clark Award – The Calcutta Chromosome,
1999 – The Pushcart Prize – The March of the Novel through History: The Testimony of my Grandfather’s Bookcase,
2001 – Frankfurt eBook Award – Grand Prize for Fiction – The Glass Palace,
2005 – Crossword Book Award Mumbai – for best novel of the year – The Hungry Tide,
2006 – Finalist, Kiriyama Prize – San Francisco – The Hungry Tide,
2007 – Grinzane Cavour Prize for Lifetime Achievement – Turin, Italy,
2007 – Asian-American Literary Award for non-fiction – for Incendiary Circumstances,
2007 – Padma Shri Award – Government of India,
2008 – Shortlisted – Man Booker Prize – (Sea of Poppies),
2009 – Indiaplaza Golden Quill Award for best novel – Sea of Poppies,
2009 – Indiaplaza Golden Quill Popular Vote Award – Sea of Poppies,
2009 – Crossword Book Award – for best novel of the year – Sea of Poppies,
2010 – Dan David Prize,
2010 – Doctorate, Honoris Causa – Sorbonne,
2010 – Honorary Degree – Queens College, City University of New York,
2011 – Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix,
2012 – Tagore Literature Award – Sahitya Akademi Sea of Poppies,
2012 – Myanmar National Literature Award – The Glass Palace, Burmese translation by U Nay Win Myint,
2012 – Shortlisted Man Booker Asian Prize – River of Smoke,
2014 – Honorary Doctorate – University of Puget Sound,
2017 – Lifetime Achievement Award – Tata Literature Live Festival, Mumbai, India,
2018 – Lifetime Achievement Award – Times of India Festival, Mumbai, India,
2018 – Jnanpith Award,
2018 – Utah Award – Environmental Humanities,
Honorary Doctorate – Maastricht University, Maastricht, Holland,
2023 – International Prize of the Dialoghi di Pistoia Festival, Italy,
2024 – Doctorate, Honoris Causa – University of Lucerne, Switzerland,
2024 – Erasmus Prize
Education and Qualification
The Doon School – Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India,
BA – Delhi University, Delhi, India,
MA – Delhi University, Delhi, India,
PhD – University of Oxford
Family and Relationships
Spouse: Deborah Baker