"I always dreamt of becoming a writer," says Amitav Ghosh (246-H '72)

Life at a Glance

• Name: Amitav Ghosh
• Born: 1956
• Education:
  D.Phil. (Ph.D.), Social Anthropology, 1982, Oxford University, England
  Diploma, Social Anthropology, 1979, Oxford University.
  Diploma in Arabic, 1979, Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes, Tunis, Tunisia.
  M.A. (Sociology), Delhi University, 1978, Delhi.
  B.A. (History), St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, 1976.
  Doon School, Dehra Dun (246-H 1967-1972);
  
• Employment:
  Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University teaching in the History and Literature Program.
• Awards & Honors:
  Finalist for American Society of Magazine Editors Award, for reporting (Countdown, 1999)
  
  The Pushcart Prize, for (‘The March of the Novel through History: The Testimony of my Grandfather’s Bookcase’), 1999.
  The Arthur C. Clark Award, 1996, (The Calcutta Chromosome).
  
  Best American Essays, 1995, (‘The Ghosts of Mrs Gandhi’).
  
  The Prix Medicis Etrangère, (Paris), 1990, (The Circle of Reason).
  
  The Ananda Puraskar, Calcutta, 1990,(The Shadow Lines).
  
  

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