Tapan Kumar Pradhan
b. 1972writer
writer
Amitav Ghosh
b. 1956, born Kolkata, writes in English, writer, novelist, literary critic, journalist
Amitav Ghosh is an Indian-American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India’s highest literary honour. Ghosh’s ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.
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Books on record
The Calcutta Chromosome1995
The Glass Palace2000
Sea of Poppies2008
River of Smoke2011
The Great Derangement
The Shadow Lines
The Glass Palace2000Sea of Poppies2008River of Smoke2011The Great DerangementThe Shadow LinesOn Open Library
Sea of Poppies2005
The Hungry Tide2004The Glass Palace2000The Shadow Lines1988The Great Derangement2016River of smoke2011Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Awards
| 1989 | Ananda Puraskar |
| 1989 | Sahitya Akademi Award in English for The Shadow Lines |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in English
Kishori Charan Das
1924–2004Odia writer
Sitakant Mahapatra
b. 1937writer from Odisha
R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Anju Makhija
poet, playwright, and translator