Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer.  

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Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

Ghosh was born in Calcutta on 11 July 1956.  

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Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

He received degrees from St Stephen's College, Delhi University, and Delhi School of Economics. 

Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

He earned a doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Oxford. 

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Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

He worked at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi and several academic institutions.  

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Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

His first novel The Circle of Reason was published in 1986,  

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Amitav Ghosh - Writer And Novelist

Ghosh holds two Lifetime Achievement awards and four honorary doctorates.  

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Vandana Shiva - Indian Scholar, Environmental Activist, Food Sovereignty Advocate, Ecofeminist And Anti-Globalisation Author

In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest honours, by the President of India.  

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Vandana Shiva - Indian Scholar, Environmental Activist, Food Sovereignty Advocate, Ecofeminist And Anti-Globalisation Author

In 2019 Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the most important global thinkers of the preceding decade. 

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Vandana Shiva - Indian Scholar, Environmental Activist, Food Sovereignty Advocate, Ecofeminist And Anti-Globalisation Author

In 2021, Ghosh published his first book in verse, Jungle Nama, which explores the Sundarbans legend of Bon Bibi. 

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Vandana Shiva - 'Gandhi Of Grain', Indian Scholar, Environmental Activist, Food Sovereignty Advocate, Ecofeminist And Anti-Globalisation Author

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