Amitav Ghosh

E461931

Indian writer essayist historical novelist novelist person

Amitav Ghosh is an acclaimed Indian author and essayist best known for his historical and political novels such as the Ibis Trilogy and "The Shadow Lines."

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Label	Occurrences
Amitav Ghosh canonical	5

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Target entity: Amitav Ghosh
Context triple: [The Doon School, hasNotableAlumni, Amitav Ghosh]

A. Ranajit Ghosh
Ranajit Ghosh is a scientist best known for discovering the chemical agent VX, one of the most toxic nerve agents ever developed.
B. Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
C. V. S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British writer and Nobel laureate renowned for his incisive novels and non-fiction exploring postcolonial societies, identity, and displacement.
D. Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was a renowned Indian Bengali novelist and short story writer best known for his classic novel "Pather Panchali," which inspired Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed film adaptation.
E. Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay was a prominent 20th-century Bengali novelist and short story writer known for his vivid depictions of rural Bengal and its social transformations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Amitav Ghosh
Target entity description: Amitav Ghosh is an acclaimed Indian author and essayist best known for his historical and political novels such as the Ibis Trilogy and "The Shadow Lines."

A. Ranajit Ghosh
Ranajit Ghosh is a scientist best known for discovering the chemical agent VX, one of the most toxic nerve agents ever developed.
B. Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
C. V. S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British writer and Nobel laureate renowned for his incisive novels and non-fiction exploring postcolonial societies, identity, and displacement.
D. Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was a renowned Indian Bengali novelist and short story writer best known for his classic novel "Pather Panchali," which inspired Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed film adaptation.
E. Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay was a prominent 20th-century Bengali novelist and short story writer known for his vivid depictions of rural Bengal and its social transformations.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian writer ⓘ essayist ⓘ historical novelist ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ
almaMater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Arthur C. Clarke Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan David Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Jnanpith Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Padma Shri ⓘ Sahitya Akademi Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1956-07-11 ⓘ
birthPlace	Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	India ⓘ
education	Delhi School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Stephen's College, Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Columbia University ⓘ Delhi School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ Queens College, City University of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	social anthropology ⓘ sociology ⓘ
genre	historical fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree	PhD ⓘ
influencedBy	Indian independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial history of India ⓘ
knownFor	Ibis Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ exploring themes of colonialism and migration ⓘ historical novels set in the Indian Ocean world ⓘ writing on climate change ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ
movement	postcolonial literature ⓘ
name	Amitav Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Indian ⓘ
notableWork	Flood of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Gun Island NERFINISHED ⓘ In an Antique Land NERFINISHED ⓘ River of Smoke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Poppies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Calcutta Chromosome NERFINISHED ⓘ The Circle of Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ The Glass Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Derangement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hungry Tide NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ibis Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shadow Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	academic ⓘ essayist ⓘ novelist ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
residence	Goa NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ
spouse	Deborah Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
writesAbout	Indian diaspora ⓘ climate crisis ⓘ global trade and opium wars ⓘ partition of India ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doon School → hasNotableAlumni → Amitav Ghosh ⓘ

subject surface form: The Doon School

Indian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Amitav Ghosh ⓘ

South Asian literature → notableAuthor → Amitav Ghosh ⓘ

Ghosh → notableBearerExample → Amitav Ghosh ⓘ

RSL Ondaatje Prize → notableWinner → Amitav Ghosh ⓘ

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