Amitav Ghosh Writer

Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956), is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in English fiction.

Personal facts

Amitav Ghosh
Birth dateJuly 11, 1956
Birth place
India , Kolkata , West Bengal
Nationality
India
United States
Education
University of Oxford
St Edmund Hall Oxford
St. Stephen's College Delhi
University of Delhi
The Doon School
Spouse
Deborah Baker

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genre
Historical fiction
notable work
The Glass Palace
River of Smoke
Sea of Poppies

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Amitav Ghosh on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bookshub.org/author/Amitav-Ghosh
  2. http://indipepal.com/portal/blogger/Amitav_Ghosh
  3. http://us.macmillan.com/seaofpoppies
  4. http://www.academia.edu/1029766/Philosophy_and_Politics_of_science_mutation_in_Amitav_Ghoshs_The_Calcutta_Chromosome
  5. http://www.amitavghosh.com
  6. http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Ghosh.html
  7. http://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/3110/river_of_smoke_ghosh_10_1_11
  8. http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/67363/06_2008/amitav_ghosh_1/reading-between-the-lines-with-author-amitav-ghosh.html