Author Amitav Ghosh Conferred With Jnanpith Award

New Delhi: Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature in English at a ceremony here on Wednesday. He was conferred the award by former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Amitav Ghosh is the first English writer to get this prestigious award.

Receiving the award, Amitav Ghosh said, “It is an incredible moment of my life. It is a remarkable thing that I am getting this award”. While receiving the award, he also remembered Girish Karnad who passed away on Monday. “Girish Karnad was a friend whom I so much looked up to. He was an important voice in our lives. We have lost him just a few day ago. He is very much on my mind,” Amitav Ghosh said.

Ghosh said Jnanpith goes beyond literary achievement as it acknowledges a bond of trust and affection which some times arises between writers and communities of readers. He also said that when he started writing, he never imagined that Jnanpith would ever come his way. (IANS)

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