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Amitav Ghosh

1956 - Today

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Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956) is an Indian 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amitav Ghosh is the 5,069th most popular writer (up from 5,083rd in 2019), the 682nd most popular biography from India (down from 647th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amitav Ghosh ranks 5,069 out of 7,302. Before him are John Gardner, Mary Stewart, Daína Chaviano, Sarah Kane, Vasily Yan, and George du Maurier. After him are Takeshi Shudo, Linda Grant, Miyamoto Yuriko, Michiel de Swaen, Joseph Wambaugh, and Alan Woods.

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Among people born in 1956, Amitav Ghosh ranks 342. Before him are Chuy García, Jean-Paul Agon, Ulrike Meyfarth, Tim Daly, Peter Hook, and Peter Farrelly. After him are Cris Morena, Robert H. McNaught, Yurik Vardanyan, Eike Batista, Howard Davis Jr., and Sunny Deol.

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In India

Among people born in India, Amitav Ghosh ranks 682 out of 1,861. Before him are Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Uttam Kumar (1926), Atul Kulkarni (1965), Celina Jaitly (1981), Somnath Sharma (1923), and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872). After him are Gopinath Bordoloi (1890), Madhavi (1962), N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983), Shyamala Gopalan (1938), Riteish Deshmukh (1978), and Raghunath Murmu (1905).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Amitav Ghosh ranks 87. Before him are Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872). After him are Raghunath Murmu (1905), Yashpal (1903), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Hasrat Mohani (1875), Mahadev Desai (1892), and Suryakant Tripathi (1899).

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