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Which Indian English author was given the ‘Jnanpith Award 2018’?1. Amitav Ghosh2. Arundhati Roy3. Nirad Choudhury4. Jhumpa Lahiri

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Amitav Ghosh

The correct answer is Amitav Ghosh.

  • Amitav Ghosh is the first English writer from India who won Jnanpith Award in 2018.
  • He won the Padma Shri Award in 2007.
  • Shortlisted for Man Booker Asian Prize (River of Smoke) in 2012.
  • Books are written by him:
    • The Flood of Fire
    • The Great Derangement
    • Gun Island 
    • River of Smoke
    • The Glass Palace
    • The Shadow Line

 

  • Arundhati Roy is best known for her novel ‘The God of Small Things’ which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997.
  • The full name of author Jhumpa Lahiri is Jhumpa Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri.
    • Her first novel was the 'Namesake' published in 2003.   
    • She won Pulitzer Prize for her debut short story collection ‘Interpreter of Maldives’ in 1999.  


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