Amitav Ghosh and Claire Armistead in Conversation
Channel: British Library
Date: 2021-09-24

Prize-winning author Amitav Ghosh joins journalist, author and cultural commentator Claire Armistead. 

This interview was film for the event 'The Days after Tomorrow: Climate Fiction for the Future' on Wednesday 22 Sep 2021. 

Part of the British Library's autumnal season of events on climate change and nature writing: https://www.bl.uk/events/the-natural-word 

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is the author of two books of non-fiction, a collection of essays and ten novels. His books have won many prizes and he holds four honorary doctorates. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and he has served on the Jury of the Locarno and Venice film festivals. In 2018 he became the first English-language writer to receive India’s highest literary honor, the Jnanpith Award. His most recent publication is Jungle Nama, an adaptation of a legend from the Sundarban, with artwork by Salman Toor. His new book, The Nutmeg’s Curse; Parables for a Planet in Crisis, a work of non-fiction, is due to be published in October 2021. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, the writer Deborah Baker.

Claire Armitstead was born in south London and spent her early years in northern Nigeria. She is associate editor, Culture, for the Guardian and has worked as arts editor, literary editor and head of books. She presents the weekly Guardian books podcast and is a regular commentator on radio. Claire also leads workshops and chairs literary events in the UK and around the world.