Amitav Ghosh | Writing Climate 2025

About this episode

Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change and literature in a conversation with journalist Razia Iqbal.

On Tuesday, March 25th, the Lannan Center welcomed award-winning author Amitav Ghosh for a conversation with journalist Razia Iqbal as part of the center's annual symposium, this year entitled "Writing Climate". Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria and is the author of The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide...

People in this episode

Guest: Amitav Ghosh

Topics covered

• climate
• literature
• interview

Keywords

• Lannan Center
• symposium
• Writing Climate

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide

Books & works: Writing Climate 2025, Writing Climate, The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide

Places: Calcutta, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Delhi, Oxford, Alexandria

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