Indian Author Amitav Ghosh Among 10 Finalists For Man Booker International Prize

24 March, Cape Town

Indian author Amitav Ghosh is among 10 finalists for this year’s Man Booker International Prize for his contribution to the English language writing.

The finalists were announced at the University of CapeTown in South Africa by writer and academic Professor Marina Warner, chair of the five-person judging panel.

The international version of the popular literary prize, to be held in London on May 19, is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.

The 58-year-old Ghosh had narrowly missed out on the Booker Prize back in 2008 when he was shortlisted for his work ‘Sea of Poppies’.