Amitav Ghosh

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Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh

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Born	July 11, 1956 (age 68) • Kolkata • India
Awards And Honors	Jnanpith Award (2018)
Notable Works	“Dancing in Cambodia, at Large in Burma” • “The Imam and the Indian” • “In an Antique Land” • “Incendiary Circumstances: A Chronicle of the Turmoil of Our Times” • “River of Smoke” • “Sea of Poppies” • “The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium, and Discovery” • “The Circle of Reason” • “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” • “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis” • “The Shadow Lines”

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