Amitav Ghosh
Auteur de Un océan de pavots
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Calcutta, and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Northern India. He studied in Delhi, Oxford, and Egypt and taught at various Indian and American universities. Author of a travel book and three acclaimed novels. Ghosh has also written for GRANTA, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK afficher plus TIMES, and THE OBSERVER. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. (Publisher Provided) Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta, India on July 11, 1956. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria. His first book, The Circle of Reason, won France's Prix Médicis. He has won several other awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ananda Puraskar for The Shadow Lines, the Arthur C. Clarke award for The Calcutta Chromosome, and the Crossword Book Prize for The Hungry Tide and Sea of Poppies. His other works include In an Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Glass Palace, and River of Smoke. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest honors, by the President of India. He made the New Zealand Best Seller List in 2015 with his title Flood of Fire. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Amitav Ghosh
The Town by the Sea 4 exemplaires
An Egyptian in Baghdad [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
2000 1 exemplaire
La montagna vivente (Italian Edition) 1 exemplaire
වීදුරු මාළිගාව 1 exemplaire
2008 1 exemplaire
Confessions of a Xenophile & Wild Fictions 1 exemplaire
2004 1 exemplaire
India's Untold War of Independence 1 exemplaire
ভ্রমি বিস্ময়ে 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Will the Flower Slip Through the Asphalt? Writers Respond to Capitalist Climate Change (2017) — Postface, quelques éditions — 15 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ghosh, Amitav
- Date de naissance
- 1956-07-11
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Inde
- Lieu de naissance
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Lieux de résidence
- Calcutta, India
New York, New York, USA
Bangladesh - Études
- The Doon School
St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Delhi University (BA|1976|MA|1978)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (D.Phil |1982|Social Anthropology)
University of Alexandria - Professions
- novelist
- Relations
- Baker, Deborah (wife)
- Prix et distinctions
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2009)
Padma Shri (2007)
Dan David Prize (2010)
Jnanpith Award (2018)
Sahitya Akademi Award (1989)
Prix Médicis étranger (1990) (tout afficher 15)
Ananda Puraskar (1989)
Arthur C. Clarke Award (1997)
Vodafone Crossword Book Award (2009)
Pushcart Prize (1999)
Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (2011)
Man Asia Literary Prize (2011)
Grinzane Cavour International Prize (2007)
Hutch Crossword Book Award (2004)
International e-book Award Grand Prize for Fiction (2001)
Membres
Discussions
River of Smoke Group Read (June 15th) à 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Juillet 2012)
Sea of Poppies Group Read: Week Two à 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Janvier 2012)
Sea of Poppies Group Read: Week One à 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Janvier 2012)
Critiques
Listes
All Things India (3)
Best Sea Stories (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Climate Change (1)
Asia (3)
Booker Prize (1)
Climate Change (1)
Indian Diaspora (1)
My TBR (1)
World Books (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 38
- Aussi par
- 13
- Membres
- 13,757
- Popularité
- #1,685
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 432
- ISBN
- 444
- Langues
- 22
- Favoris
- 47
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