Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (2008) Winner
Aravind Adiga
アラヴィンド・アディガ
Aravind Adiga
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-10-23 （Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India）
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Mangalore (childhood) → Sydney (emigrated with family / schooling) → New York (studied at Columbia College) → New Delhi (Time magazine correspondent) → Mumbai (moved as freelance writer)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Nominations
- 2021 Miles Franklin Award (shortlist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia College, Columbia University | Faculty of Arts (English) | English Literature | 学士 | 1993–1997 | United States |
| Magdalen College, Oxford | — | English Literature | — | — | United Kingdom |
Columbia College, Columbia University
Faculty of Arts (English)
/ English Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1993–1997
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
Studied under Simon Schama; graduated as salutatorian in 1997
Magdalen College, Oxford
English Literature
Country:
United Kingdom
One of his tutors was Hermione Lee
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Man Booker Prize | The White Tiger | — | The Booker Prizes | 受賞 |
Man Booker Prize
2008
Work:
The White Tiger
Organization:
The Booker Prizes
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The White Tiger
2008 Novel (social novel)A rags-to-riches tale told in epistolary form about a protagonist who rises from poverty against the backdrop of corruption and class divisions in India; mixes dark humor with social critique.
class dividecorruptionglobalizationself-making
Adaptations
- [Feature film] The White Tiger / Ramin Bahrani (2021)
Between the Assassinations
2008 Short story collectionA linked collection of short stories set in a fictional coastal Indian town, depicting various aspects of local society.
local societyclass and povertyeveryday violence
Last Man in Tower
2011 NovelA novel about conflict over redevelopment of an apartment tower in Mumbai, exploring individual vs community, greed and resistance.
urbanizationdevelopment and investmentcommunity breakdown
Selection Day
2016 NovelA novel about young cricket players and the pressures of family, education and expectations of success.
sports and societyfamily expectationsself-sacrifice
Amnesty
2020 NovelA novel about an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant living in Australia, depicting the contradictions of immigration systems and social hypocrisy.
migrationundocumented statussocial exclusion
Bibliography
- The White Tiger, 2008
- Between the Assassinations, 2008
- Last Man in Tower, 2011
- Selection Day, 2016
- Amnesty, 2020
Adaptations
- The White Tiger — film adaptation released by Netflix (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satirical prose with sharp social critiquenarration blending humor and irony
- Recurring Motifs
- class and poverty contrastscorruption and powerurban–rural divide
Legacy
Winning the 2008 Booker Prize established his international reputation and drew attention to Indian writing in English. The White Tiger achieved commercial success, multiple translations and a film adaptation.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of The White Tiger (Netflix, 2021) expanded public recognition
Quotes
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Being a journalist afforded me a path to go back to India.
Source: Interview with The Guardian (2017) (2017)
Trivia
- Won the 2008 Man Booker Prize for debut novel The White Tiger
- Indian hardcover edition of The White Tiger sold over 200,000 copies
- Amnesty was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Award