New Delhi: Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year’s Jnanpith Award. For his outstanding contribution towards literature.
In a statement, Bharatiya Jnanpith said, “Amitav Ghosh is a path- breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past connects with the present in relevant ways”.
The writer, in a tweet, said he was “honored and humbled”.
In another tweet responding to a fan, he said, “this is an amazing day for me. I never thought I would find myself on this list, with some of the writers I most admire.”
Ghosh, one of the most prominent contemporary Indian writers, is known for a series of novels such as Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide and Ibis Trilogy “Sea of Poppies.
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