Aravind Adiga Explained

Aravind Adiga
Birth Date:1974 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation:Writer
Alma Mater:Columbia University
Magdalen College, Oxford[1]
Genre:Novel and short story
Notableworks:The White Tiger, Last Man in Tower, Selection Day
Awards:2008 Man Booker Prize
(The White Tiger)[2]
Portaldisp:Yes

Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974)[3] [4] is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[5]

Early life and education

Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga from Mangalore. His paternal grandfather was K. Suryanarayana Adiga, former chairman of Karnataka Bank,[6] [7] and maternal great-grandfather, U. Rama Rao, was a popular medical practitioner and Congress politician from Madras.[8]

Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School and later at St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, where he completed his SSLC in 1990.[7] [9] [10]

After emigrating to Sydney with his family, Aravind studied at James Ruse Agricultural High School. He later studied English literature at Columbia College of Columbia University, in New York City, under Simon Schama, and graduated as salutatorian in 1997.[11] He also studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where one of his tutors was Hermione Lee.

Career

Journalism

Aravind Adiga began his journalism career as an intern at the Financial Times. With pieces published in Money and Time, he covered the stock market and investment.

In 2003, he interviewed future US President Donald Trump.[12] [13] Later that year, he moved from New York to New Delhi to be South Asia correspondent for Time.[14] In a 2017 interview, he explained: “Being a journalist afforded me a path to go back to India."[15]

Three years later, he became a freelance writer and moved to Mumbai.

His review of previous Booker Prize winner, Oscar and Lucinda, appeared in The Second Circle, an online literary review.[16]

The White Tiger

Soon after resigning from his position at Time, Adiga started writing his debut novel, The White Tiger.[17] Published in March 2008, the book won the Booker Prize later that year.[18] [19] He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, and Kiran Desai.[20] Propelled mainly by the Booker Prize win, The White Tigers Indian hardcover edition sold more than 200,000 copies.[21]

The book received critical acclaim. USA Today called it "one of the most powerful books I've read in decades", comparing it to Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.[22] The Washington Post called it: "[a] blistering description of the inner workings of India's corrupt upper class [...] fresh, funny, different."[23]

Shortly after Adiga won the Booker Prize, it was alleged that he had sacked the agent who secured his contract with Atlantic Books at the 2007 London Book Fair.[24] [25] Adiga denied this claim.[26]

In April 2009, it was announced that the novel would be adapted into a feature film,[27] which was later released on Netflix in 2021.[28] [29]

Other works

Adiga's second book, Between the Assassinations, is a short story collection set in a fictional coastal town in India.[30] It was released in India in November 2008[31] and in the US and UK in mid-2009.[32]

His third book, Last Man in Tower, was published in the US in September 2011.[33] His next novel, Selection Day, was published in the US in January 2017.[34]

Amnesty, published in February 2020, is a novel about an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant living in Australia.[35] [36] It was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Award.[37]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

Selected Articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aravind Adiga author biography. BookBrowse.com. 3 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Higgins. Charlotte. Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize with The White Tiger. The Guardian. 3 March 2018. en. 14 October 2008.
  3. 18 October 2008 . 9 November 2013 . Aravind . Adiga . Provocation is one of the legitimate goals of literature . Vijay Rana . The Indian Express.
  4. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ Indian Australian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize - Express India
  5. News: Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize . 15 October 2008 . Agencies . Expressindia . 2008-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000338/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ . 5 December 2008 . dead . dmy .
  6. News: Booker for KannAdiga . 16 October 2008 . Deccan Herald. 16 October 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406015813/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct162008/scroll2008101695497.asp?section=frontpagenews . 6 April 2012 .
  7. News: Mangloreans rejoice over Aravind Adiga's win . 16 October 2008. 16 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081020061237/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101658160300.htm. 20 October 2008 . The Hindu. dead.
  8. News: S. . Muthiah. A lineage of success. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110142319/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/03/stories/2008110350240500.htm. dead. 10 November 2012. 3 November 2008. . S. Muthiah.
  9. News: Almamater celebrates Adiga's win. 16 October 2008. Bangalore Mirror. 16 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081018000442/http://bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20State&sectid=73&contentid=200810152008101519583954559343e3a. 18 October 2008. dead.
  10. News: Karnel . Savie . 16 October 2008 . Kannadigas' pride . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306021805/https://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/oct/161008-aravind-adiga-man-booker-prize-winner-teachers-nostalgia.htm . 6 Mar 2012 . 24 May 2024 . Mid-Day.
  11. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss23/record2223.13.html At Last! Commencement For More than 8,900 Today. Columbia University Record. MAY 21, 1997
  12. News: Curious Case of Aravind Adiga. First Post. 16 February 2021.
  13. News: KRICH . JOHN . 24 June 2020 . Author Aravind Adiga highlights Australian 'hypocrisy' . 24 May 2024 . Nikkei Asia.
  14. News: Adiga . Aravind . 10 Jun 2009 . My Wild Trip Home . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230323004651/https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-wild-trip-home . 23 Mar 2023 . 24 May 2024 . The Daily Beast.
  15. News: Moss . Stephen . 25 Aug 2017 . Aravind Adiga: 'I was afraid the White Tiger would eat me up too' . 24 May 2024 . The Guardian.
  16. Adiga, Aravind. "OSCAR AND LUCINDA by Peter Carey". The Second Circle.
  17. Green . William . 15 Oct 2008 . Celebrating with Booker Prize Winner Aravind Adiga . 24 May 2024 . Time.
  18. Web site: The White Tiger The Booker Prizes . 24 May 2024 . The Booker Prizes.
  19. News: Young . Victoria . 14 October 2008 . Novel About India Wins the Man Booker Prize . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220412042832/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/europe/15booker.html?ref=arts . 12 April 2022 . 24 May 2024 . The New York Times.
  20. News: Ritchie . Alice . 15 Oct 2008 . India's Aravind Adiga wins Booker Prize . 24 May 2024 . The Sydney Morning Herald.
  21. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article148574.ece "Boom time for English-language books in India"
  22. News: 23 April 2008 . Roundup: Debut novels . 24 May 2024 . USA Today.
  23. News: 7 June 2008 . Changing Lanes . 24 May 2024 . The Washington Post.
  24. News: 26 October 2008 . Booker in pocket, Aravind Adiga sacks agent . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205183022/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/booker-in-pocket-aravind-adiga-sacks-agent/76764-19.html?from=search-relatedstories . 5 December 2008 . 27 October 2008 . CNN-IBN.
  25. News: Eden . Richard . 25 October 2008 . Ambitious Booker winner Aravind Adaga sacks agent of his success . 24 May 2024 . The Telegraph.
  26. News: 26 October 2008 . Booker winner Adiga denies he sacked his agent . 24 May 2024 . The Hindu. https://web.archive.org/web/20081030134714/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200810261942.htm . 30 October 2008 .
  27. Kay, Jeremy (15 April 2009), "Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger", Screen Daily.
  28. News: Thiagarajan . Kamala . Silver . Marc . 29 Jan 2021 . What Indians Who've Known Poverty Think Of Netflix's 'The White Tiger' Movie . 24 May 2024 . NPR.
  29. Web site: 2021-01-21 . How Netflix helped The White Tiger movie become a reality . 2024-05-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  30. News: Swarup . Vikas . 2009-07-10 . Caste away . 2024-05-25 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  31. News: Donthi . Praveen . 23 October 2008 . Adigas second book to hit shelves . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406015826/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct242008/scroll2008102496976.asp?section=frontpagenews . 6 April 2012 . 27 October 2008 . Deccan Herald.
  32. Web site: 19 May 2010 . BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS . 24 May 2024 . Kirkus Reviews.
  33. Web site: 1 August 2011 . LAST MAN IN TOWER . 24 May 2024 . Kirkus Reviews.
  34. Web site: 18 Oct 2016 . SELECTION DAY . 24 May 2024 . Kirkus Reviews.
  35. News: Rashid . Tanjil . 2020-02-20 . Amnesty by Aravind Adiga review – a migrant's tale . 2024-05-25 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  36. Web site: 10 Nov 2019 . AMNESTY . 24 May 2024 . Kirkus Reviews.
  37. Web site: 2020-06-16. Miles Franklin 2021 shortlist announced. 2021-06-16. Books+Publishing. en-AU.

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