Il Mattino

2007-09-16

Abu Ghraib

Awarded Grinzane Cavour Prize

2007-06-24

Grinzane Cavour Castle, home to Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour in the nineteenth century, lies at the heart of the Langhe area, in the hills where Pavese and Fenoglio were born.This is where the Grinzane Cavour Prize takes place each year, bringing together literature, young people, history, culture and tradition. The Prize was founded in 1982 with the official aim of introducing young people to literature and encouraging them to enjoy contemporary fiction. It focuses on raising awareness of the pleasure of reading books which are not strictly linked to educational curricula: the written word as enjoyment rather than work.

Awarded the Padma Shree

2007-06-20

Apart from fiction, Amitav Ghosh is also involved with writing non-fiction. His major non-fictions include 'Countdown', a book on India's nuclear policy, the 'Imam and the Indians', a collection of essays on various topics such as history of the novel, Egyptian culture and literature, and 'Dancing in Cambodia, At Large in Burma'. Amitav Ghosh was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Currently he is living in New york with his wife, Deborah Baker, who is the author of In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding and is working as a senior editor at Little Brown and Co. Ghosh joined the faculty of the Queens College in the City University of New York as a distinguished professor in comparative literature. Since 1995 he has been the visiting professor to the English Department of Harvard University.