Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh is the author of the bestselling Ibis trilogy, comprised of Sea of Poppies (short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize), River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire. His other novels include The Circle of Reason, which won the Prix Médicis étranger, and The Glass Palace. He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable and The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis. He holds two lifetime achievement awards and four honorary doctorates. In 2015, he was named as a finalist of the Man Booker International Prize. In 2018, Ghosh became the first English-language writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Past Events
Amitav Ghosh at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Leading author Amitav Ghosh joins 5x15 at Kew Gardens to discuss his new book Smoke and Ashes, a history of the opium plant. Limited tickets available!
Through the prism of the nutmeg, Amitav Ghosh, the author of Gun Island, tells the story of the climate crisis at 5x15 online
As COP26 draws to a close, we’re looking forward to the road ahead and exploring the power of imagination to drive change – for humans, for animals, for flora and fauna.