By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: June 13, 2019 10:04:50 am
Amitav Ghosh receives Jnanpith Award: A look at his best books
Amitav Ghosh, who spent his formative years in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria, is known for creating rich literature out of the blind spots of history.
One of India’s leading contemporary English writers, Amitav Ghosh, has been honoured with 2018’s Jnanpith Award, a literary recognition given to an author for “outstanding contribution towards literature”. The author received the award from former Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi at a function in New Delhi on June 12.
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