UH India Studies Program Hosts Award-Winning Author Amitav Ghosh, April 10
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Ghosh is the author of “The Circle of Reason”, “The Shadow Lines”, “In An Antique Land”, “Dancing in Cambodia”, “The Calcutta Chromosome”, “The Glass Palace”, “The Hungry Tide”, and the first two novels in the unfinished Ibis trilogy, “Sea of Poppies” and “River of Smoke.” “The Circle of Reason” was awarded the Prix Médicis in 1990, and “The Shadow Lines” won two prestigious Indian prizes, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ananda Puraskar.He has been awarded honorary degrees by the Sorbonne, Paris, and Queens College, City University of New York.He has taught at the University of Delhi, Columbia and Harvard universities, as well as appointed as a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Queens College, City University of New York.Ghosh is the author of “The Circle of Reason”, “The Shadow Lines”, “In An Antique Land”, “Dancing in Cambodia”, “The Calcutta Chromosome”, “The Glass Palace”, “The Hungry Tide”, and the first two novels in the unfinished Ibis trilogy, “Sea of Poppies” and “River of Smoke.”“The Circle of Reason” was awarded the Prix Médicis in 1990, and “The Shadow Lines” won two prestigious Indian prizes, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ananda Puraskar.He has been awarded honorary degrees by the Sorbonne, Paris, and Queens College, City University of New York.What:UH India Studies Program features the Indian novelist, Amitav Ghosh"From Bombay to Canton: Traveling the Opium Route to 19th Century China"When:7 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10Q&A by UH Professor Chitra Divakaruni8:30 p.m.Reception and Book SigningBooks will be available to purchase at the event.Who:Free and open to the public.Please RSVP to http://asiasociety.org/texas/events/authors-asia-amitav-ghosh-bombay-cantonWhere:Asia Society Texas Center1370 Southmore Blvd.Houston, Texas 77004http://asiasociety.org/texas/visit/plan-your-visit Contact Information University of Houston Melissa Carroll 713-743-8153 http://www.uh.edu/news-events/ Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from University of Houston Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend