The Town by the Sea by Amitav Ghosh About the author:

1.	The Town by the Sea by Amitav Ghosh About the author:
Answer» Amitav Ghosh was bom in Calcutta on July 11, 1956, in Bengali Hindu family to Lieutenant Colonel Shailendra Ghosh, a retired officer of the preindependence Indian army and was educated at the Doon school, St. Stephen’s college, New Delhi. The “Delhi school of economics oxford where he was awarded D.phil in social anthropology under the supervision of Peter Lienhardt. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in new delhi. Ghosh who resides in Newyork subsequently returned to India began working on ‘Ibis’ trio logy of which two volumes have been published, to date, ‘Sea of poppies’ and ‘River of smoke’. He was awarded Padmashri by the Indian government in 2007. In 2009, he was selected a fellow of the Royal society of literature.

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Amitav Ghosh was bom in Calcutta on July 11, 1956, in Bengali Hindu family to Lieutenant Colonel Shailendra Ghosh, a retired officer of the preindependence Indian army and was educated at the Doon school, St. Stephen’s college, New Delhi.

The “Delhi school of economics oxford where he was awarded D.phil in social anthropology under the supervision of Peter Lienhardt. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in new delhi.

Ghosh who resides in Newyork subsequently returned to India began working on ‘Ibis’ trio logy of which two volumes have been published, to date, ‘Sea of poppies’ and ‘River of smoke’. He was awarded Padmashri by the Indian government in 2007. In 2009, he was selected a fellow of the Royal society of literature.

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