Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri (born 15 May 1962) is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India. He is currently a professor of creative writing at Ashoka University.

He was previously professor of contemporary literature at the University of East Anglia from 2006 to 2021. In 2013, he was awarded the Infosys Prize for outstanding contribution to the humanities in Literary Studies.

In January 2018, Chaudhuri began writing a series for The Paris Review titled The Moment. He also wrote an occasional column, "Telling Tales", for The Telegraph.

Personal life Amit Chaudhuri was born in Calcutta (renamed Kolkata) in 1962 and grew up in Bombay (renamed Mumbai). He took his first degree in English literature from University College London, and wrote his doctoral dissertation on D. H. Lawrence's poetry at Balliol College, Oxford.

He is married to Rosinka Chaudhuri, Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC).

Music Chaudhuri is a singer in the North Indian classical tradition, who has performed internationally. of the Kunwar Shyam gharana.

Awards and honours 1991 Betty Trask Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book for A Strange and Sublime Address 1994 Encore Award and Southern Arts Literature Prize, Afternoon Raag 2012 Infosys Prize for the Humanities in Literary Studies 2020 Honorary Fellow, Modern Language Association (MLA) 2022 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Biography, Finding the Raga.