Duff Cooper Prize
1回登壇
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第11回（1966年） Winner
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
ニラッド・シー・チャウドゥリー
Niraddo Shī Chōdurī
別名:
Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri
ペンネーム:
Balahak Nandi（Pen name）,
Sonibarer Cithi（Pen name）,
Outsider（Pen name）,
Now（Pen name）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1897-11-23 （Kishoreganj, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh)）
- 死没
- 1999-08-01 （Oxford, England） 101歳
- 国籍
- Indian
- 言語
- Bengali, English
- 宗教
- Brahmo Samaj
- 居住地歴
- Kishoreganj → Calcutta → Delhi → Oxford (20 Lathbury Road)
経歴
- 職業
- writer, commentator on culture
- 活動期間
- 1925年〜1999年
- 所属
- All India Radio
- 影響を受けた人物
- Friedrich Max Müller
- 影響を与えた人物
- Kirti N. Chaudhuri
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surendranath College (formerly Ripon College) | — | Arts | — | FA修了 | India |
| Scottish Church College | — | History Department | 文学士（優等） | 1910年代後半 | India |
| University of Calcutta | — | History Department | — | 1918- | India |
Surendranath College (formerly Ripon College)
Arts
期間:
FA修了
国:
India
Attended with Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Scottish Church College
History Department
学位:
文学士（優等）
期間:
1910年代後半
卒業年:
1918
国:
India
Graduated with honors in history under Calcutta University
University of Calcutta
History Department
期間:
1918-
国:
India
Did not complete MA as did not appear for exam
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Duff Cooper Memorial Award | The Continent of Circe | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Sahitya Akademi Award (English) | Scholar Extraordinary | English | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Ananda Purashkar | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | DLitt (Honorary) | — | — | Oxford University | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE, honorary) | — | — | — | 受章 |
| 1997 | Vidyasagar Purashkar | — | — | Govt. of West Bengal | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Desikottama | — | — | Visva-Bharati | 受賞 |
Duff Cooper Memorial Award
1967
対象作品:
The Continent of Circe
結果:
受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award (English)
1975
対象作品:
Scholar Extraordinary
部門:
English
主催:
Sahitya Akademi
結果:
受賞
Ananda Purashkar
1988
結果:
受賞
DLitt (Honorary)
1990
主催:
Oxford University
結果:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE, honorary)
1992
結果:
受章
Vidyasagar Purashkar
1997
主催:
Govt. of West Bengal
結果:
受賞
Desikottama
1997
主催:
Visva-Bharati
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
Ananda Puraskar
1回登壇
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第35回（1989年 第3回開催） Winner
作品
代表作
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
1951年 non-fictionDescriptive ethnology of early 20th-century Bengal life, with reflections on British rule, presented as autobiography.
British EmpireBengali RenaissanceCultural determinism
A Passage to England
1959年 non-fictionAccount of his first visit to England, reflecting on British culture from an independent Indian's perspective.
Anglo-Indian cultureWestern civilization
The Continent of Circe
1965年 non-fictionCultural study portraying the Indian subcontinent mythologically.
Indian cultureMythology
Thy Hand, Great Anarch!
1987年 non-fictionSecond volume of autobiography.
AutobiographyPolitics
全著作
- The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
- A Passage to England
- The Continent of Circe
- The Intellectual in India
- To Live or Not to Live
- Scholar Extraordinary: The Life of Friedrich Max Müller
- Culture in the Vanity Bag
- Clive of India
- Hinduism: A Religion to Live By
- Thy Hand, Great Anarch!
- Three Horsemen of the New Apocalypse
- The East is East and West is West
- From the Archives of a Centenarian
- Why I Mourn for England
作風・主題
- 文体
- Descriptive ethnologyAffectionate sensuous detailDeterministic cultural view
- 頻出モチーフ
- Anglo-Indian cultural fusionBritish imperialismBengal locales
評価・遺産
Prolific writer celebrating British-Indian fusion, controversial post-independence. Oxford resident, published last work at 99.
大衆文化への影響
- Blue plaque on 20 Lathbury Road, Oxford
引用
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To the memory of the British Empire in India, Which conferred subjecthood upon us, But withheld citizenship. To which yet every one of us threw out the challenge: 'Civis Britannicus sum'
出典: The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1951年)
豆知識
- Lived to 101, one of India's male centenarians
- Faced hostility in independent India for pro-British views
- Resided at 20 Lathbury Road, Oxford, from 1982 until death