Biography
Indian writer. Won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Known for complex narrative strategies in novels discussing national identity, colonialism, and climate change
Sample Works
- The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (2021) Book
- Gun Island: A Novel (2019) Book
- The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016) Book
- Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, Book 1) (2008) Book
- The Glass Palace (2000) Book
- The Shadow Lines (1988) Book
Roundtable Appearances
April 27, 2019 · ▶ Video
Living in the Anthropocene
The roundtable explores conceptual questions about characterizing our planet's current era, examining distinctions between "human subjects and the non-human realm, between nature...
Akeel Bilgrami, Amitav Ghosh, Dale Jamieson, John Kress, Donald Moss, Nermeen Shaikh