Amitav Ghosh receives honorary doctorate from Italy’s oldest university
The author shared the news on social media with moments from the University of Siena ceremony
Published 08.07.24, 09:14 AM
Image courtesy: @amitav_ghosh1/Instagram
Author Amitav Ghosh has received an honorary
doctorate from the University of Siena in Tuscany in Italy. It is the oldest
university of Italy and was established in 1240. The author of The Circle of
Reason, The Calcutta Chromosome, Flood of Fire and several
other unputdownable reads shared the news of a new feather on his hat with
glimpses of the ceremony on Instagram.
“...It was an honour to sign my name in the
university's splendidly illuminated roster and to listen to the choir singing
''Viva to the professors"! Also enjoyed meeting students who'd written
dissertations on my work…” wrote Ghosh, expressing his joy.
Amitav Ghosh is the recipient of several
prestigious awards like Prix Médicis étranger for his book Circle of Reason,
Sahitya Akademi Award and Ananda Puraskar for The Shadow Lines, along
with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India and the 54th Jnanpith
award.
Also read: ‘Earth will survive. It has been through
much worse. It’s really us who will suffer unimaginable pain’: Amitav Ghosh
— Pooja Mitra
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