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Bengali−English writer and man of letters (1897–1999)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

1897–1999, born Bengal, writes in English, Bangla, writer, biographer, literary critic, autobiographer

Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri CBE, popularly known as Nirad C. Chaudhuri, was a bilingual Indian writer, scholar and historian. University of Oxford awarded Chaudhuri, by then a long-time resident of the city of Oxford, an Honorary Degree in Letters in 1990. He also received the highly prestigious honour from the British monarch called Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992.

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Books on record

On Open Library

Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.

Awards

1975Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholar Extraordinary

Elsewhere

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Also writing in English