Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1966) Winner
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
ニラッド・シー・チャウドゥリー
Niraddo Shī Chōdurī
Aliases:
Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri
Pen Names:
Balahak Nandi（Pen name）,
Sonibarer Cithi（Pen name）,
Outsider（Pen name）,
Now（Pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1897-11-23 （Kishoreganj, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh)）
- Died
- 1999-08-01 （Oxford, England） age 101
- Nationality
- Indian
- Languages
- Bengali, English
- Religion
- Brahmo Samaj
- Residence History
- Kishoreganj → Calcutta → Delhi → Oxford (20 Lathbury Road)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, commentator on culture
- Active Years
- 1925-1999
- Affiliations
- All India Radio
- Influenced By
- Friedrich Max Müller
- Influenced
- Kirti N. Chaudhuri
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Period:
FA修了
Country:
India
Attended with Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Scottish Church College
History Department
Degree:
文学士（優等）
Period:
1910年代後半
Year of Graduation:
1918
Country:
India
Graduated with honors in history under Calcutta University
University of Calcutta
History Department
Period:
1918-
Country:
India
Did not complete MA as did not appear for exam
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Work:
The Continent of Circe
Result:
受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award (English)
1975
Work:
Scholar Extraordinary
Category:
English
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Ananda Purashkar
1988
Result:
受賞
DLitt (Honorary)
1990
Organization:
Oxford University
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE, honorary)
1992
Result:
受章
Vidyasagar Purashkar
1997
Organization:
Govt. of West Bengal
Result:
受賞
Desikottama
1997
Organization:
Visva-Bharati
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Ananda Puraskar
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
1951 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 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 non-fictionCultural study portraying the Indian subcontinent mythologically.
Indian cultureMythology
Thy Hand, Great Anarch!
1987 non-fictionSecond volume of autobiography.
AutobiographyPolitics
Bibliography
- 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
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Descriptive ethnologyAffectionate sensuous detailDeterministic cultural view
- Recurring Motifs
- Anglo-Indian cultural fusionBritish imperialismBengal locales
Legacy
Prolific writer celebrating British-Indian fusion, controversial post-independence. Oxford resident, published last work at 99.
In Popular Culture
- Blue plaque on 20 Lathbury Road, Oxford
Quotes
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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'
Source: The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1951)
Trivia
- 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