| Name(s) |
NIRAD C. CHAUDHURI |
| Date of
Birth |
November 23, 1897 |
| Date of
Death |
August 01, 1999 |
|
Identity |
Indian Bengali
English writer and man of letters. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- He authored numerous works in English and
Bengali.
- He is best known for The Autobiography of an
Unknown Indian, published in 1951.
- March 03, 1990 - He was presented the
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by Oxford University.
- October 19, 1992 - He was a Fellow of
the Royal Literary Society and was conferred a CBE
(Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by the Queen
of England on this day.
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Other Events &
Developments |
His works provide a magisterial
appraisal of the histories and
cultures of India, especially in the
context of British colonialism in
the 19th and 20th centuries. |
|
Awards and Accolades |
- 1966, The Continent of Circe was
awarded the Duff Cooper Memorial
Award, making Chaudhuri the first
and only Indian to date to be given
the prize.
- 1975 - Sahitya Akademi Award for
his biography on Max Müller, Scholar
Extraordinary.
- In 1990, Oxford University
awarded Chaudhuri, by then a
long-time resident of the city of
Oxford, an Honorary Degree in
Letters.
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