Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga is an acclaimed Indian-Australian author and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, received widespread acclaim and won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.

Aravind Adiga was born in Chennai. He spent his formative years in various cities across India, including Mangalore and Hyderabad. Adiga's diverse cultural exposure during his childhood would later influence his writing.

Adiga graduated with a degree in English Literature from Columbia University in New York and later attended Magdalen College, Oxford.

Aravind Adiga started as a journalist in The Financial Times and Time magazine. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, the Sunday Times, and the Times of India.

His journalistic background provided valuable insights into the socio-economic and political landscape, which became recurring themes in his works.

Aravind Adiga gained international recognition with his debut novel, The White Tiger, published in 2008. This novel tells the story of a young man from a rural Indian village who rises from servitude to become a successful entrepreneur, offering a scathing critique of the disparities in modern India.

Aravind Adiga, who was 33 years old, became the second youngest writer and the fourth debutant writer to win the Man Booker Prize.

He continued to write compelling fiction exploring the complexities of contemporary India and its societal issues. Some of his other notable works include Between the Assassinations (2008), Last Man in Tower (2011), Selection Day (2016), and Amnesty (2020), among others.

Aravind Adiga lives in Mumbai, India.
vida del autor: 23 Octubre 1974 actualidad

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