Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer of both novels and nonfiction. Born in Kolkata, he studied history and social anthropology in Delhi and Oxford and taught, among other places, at Harvard University. «The Glass Palace» (2000) marked his international breakthrough, followed by the Ibis trilogy, including beginning with «Sea of Poppies» (2008). His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He has received, among other honors, the Padma Shri (2007), the Jnanpith Award (2019) and, in 2024, the Erasmus Prize for his writing on climate change. «Ghost-Eye» (2026) is his eleventh novel. Ghosh lives in Brooklyn.
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