Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is the author of one book of non-fiction, a collection of essays and eight novels, of which the most recent is Flood of Fire. His books have won prizes in India, Europe and Myanmar and he has been awarded honorary degrees by the Sorbonne, Paris, and by Queens College, New York. He divides his time between Brooklyn, Goa and Kolkata.
Events
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future Finale: A Flight of Tokarczuk Translators
Fri, Sep 25, 2020
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future Finale at Columbia University: Translating for a World on Fire, with Maria Dahvana Headley and Emily Wilson, moderated by Susan Bernofsky
Wed, Sep 23, 2020
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future Finale: Postmonolingual New York with Ava Chin, Jasmine Claude-Narcisse, Damion Searls, and Lisandro Pérez
Wed, Sep 23, 2020
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future Finale: “On the Elusive Art of Translation,” with Kate Briggs and Tracy K. Smith, moderated by Magdalena Edwards
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future: “Activist Translation,” with Anton Hur, Sevinç Türkkan, and Jen Hofer
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future: “Translating Trauma” with Ellen Elias-Bursac, Aaron Robertson and Julia Sanches, moderated by Queenie Sukhadia
Tue, Sep 8, 2020
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Conversation & Series
Translating the Future: “Untranslating the Classics,” with Laurie Patton, Gopal Sukhu & Vivek Narayanan
Tue, Sep 1, 2020
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM