Aravind Adiga facts for kids
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Aravind Adiga
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| Born | 23 October 1974 Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Genre | Novel and short story |
| Notable works | The White Tiger, Last Man in Tower, Selection Day |
| Notable awards | 2008 Man Booker Prize (The White Tiger) |
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Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974) is an Indian writer and journalist. A journalist writes for newspapers or magazines. His first novel, The White Tiger, won a very important award called the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
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Early Life and School
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras on October 23, 1974. Madras is now known as Chennai. His family came from a city called Mangalore in India.
He grew up in Mangalore. He went to Canara High School and St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru. He finished his high school studies there in 1990.
Later, Aravind moved to Sydney, Australia, with his family. He went to James Ruse Agricultural High School. After that, he studied English literature at Columbia College of Columbia University in New York City. He graduated in 1997. He also studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, in England.
His Work as a Writer
Starting in Journalism
Aravind Adiga began his career as a journalist. He worked as an intern at the Financial Times. This is a big newspaper about business.
He also wrote for Money and Time magazines. He wrote about the stock market and how people invest money.
In 2003, he interviewed Donald Trump, who later became the US President. Later that year, he moved to New Delhi, India. He became the South Asia reporter for Time magazine. He said that being a journalist helped him return to India.
Three years later, he decided to become a freelance writer. This means he wrote for different places instead of working for just one company. He moved to Mumbai.
The White Tiger Book
After leaving Time magazine, Adiga started writing his first novel. It was called The White Tiger. The book came out in March 2008.
Later that year, his book won the Booker Prize. This is a very famous award for books written in English. Aravind Adiga was the fourth Indian-born writer to win this prize. Other winners include Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy.
Because it won the Booker Prize, The White Tiger became very popular. More than 200,000 copies were sold in India.
Many people liked the book. USA Today called it "one of the most powerful books I've read in decades." The Washington Post said it was a "blistering description of the inner workings of India's corrupt upper class." They also said it was "fresh, funny, different."
In 2009, it was announced that The White Tiger would be made into a movie. The movie was later released on Netflix in 2021.
Other Books
Aravind Adiga has written other books too. His second book was Between the Assassinations. It is a collection of short stories. The stories take place in a made-up town in India. It was released in India in 2008.
His third book was Last Man in Tower. It came out in 2011. His next novel, Selection Day, was published in 2017.
His book Amnesty came out in 2020. It is a novel about a person from Sri Lanka living in Australia without official papers. This book was also nominated for an award called the Miles Franklin Award in 2021.
See Also
In Spanish: Aravind Adiga para niños
