Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh writes at the edge where oceans rise and empires fall. Author of The Hungry Tide, Gun Island, The Great Derangement, and the Ibis Trilogy, Ghosh has permanently redefined how literature speaks to colonialism, ecology, and planetary crisis. Awarded the Padma Shri—one of India's highest civilian honours, his remarkable trophy cabinet also includes the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, making him the first English-language writer ever to receive it. Further honours span France's Prix Médicis, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Dan David Prize, and the 2024 Erasmus Prize for making the climate crisis imaginable through literature. In 2025, he received the Park Kyong-ni Prize for his contributions to postcolonial and ecological writing. He holds five Lifetime Achievement awards and six honorary doctorates. Foreign Policy named him one of the most important global thinkers of the decade. His work spans thirty languages and the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times, and beyond. https://amitavghosh.com/