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Contents • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Early life and education [ ] Aravind Adiga was born in (now ) on 23 October 1974 to Dr. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga, both of whom hailed from. His paternal grandfather was the late, former chairman of, and a maternal great-grandfather,, a popular medical practitioner and politician from Madras. Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at, then at, where he completed his in 1990 and secured the first place in his state in SSLC (his elder brother, Anand, had placed second in SSLC and first in PUC in the state). After emigrating to, Australia, with his family, Aravind studied.

He later studied English literature at, in New York city, under and graduated as in 1997. He also studied at, where one of his tutors was. Career [ ] Adiga began his journalistic career as a financial journalist, interning at the.

With pieces published in the Financial Times and, he covered the stock market and investment, interviewing, amongst others,. His review of previous Booker Prize winner 's book,, appeared in The Second Circle, an online literary review. He was subsequently hired by, where he remained a correspondent for three years before going freelance. During this freelance period, he wrote The White Tiger. Aravind Adiga now lives in,, India. Booker Prize [ ] Aravind Adiga's debut novel,, won the 2008. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after,, and.

Renaldo And Clara there. (, another winner, is ethnically Indian but was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.) The five other authors on the shortlist included one other Indian writer () and another first-time writer (). The novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the lead character, Balram, who comes from crushing rural poverty. “ At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the West, it is important that writers like me try to highlight the brutal injustices of [Indian] society. That's what I'm trying to do – it is not an attack on the country, it's about the greater process of self-examination. ” Adiga explained that 'criticism by writers like, and of the 19th century helped England and France become better societies'.

Shortly after he won the prize, it was alleged that Adiga had, the previous year, sacked the agent who had secured his contract with at the 2007. In April 2009, it was announced that the novel would be adapted into a feature film. Propelled mainly by the Booker Prize win, 's Indian hardcover edition sold more than 200,000 copies.

Other works [ ] Adiga's second book,, was released in India in November 2008 and in the US and UK in mid-2009; twelve interlinked short stories comprise this book. His second novel and third published book,, was published in the UK in 2011. His third novel, Selection Day, was scheduled to be published on 8 Sept 2016. Bibliography [ ] Novels [ ] •: A Novel. (UK), (US), 2008 •. Picador (IND), 2008 •.

Fourth Estate (IND), 2011 • Selection Day. HarperCollins India (IND), 2016 Short stories [ ] • 'The Sultan's Battery' (, 18 October 2008, ) • 'Smack' (, 16 November 2008, ) • 'Last Christmas in Bandra' (, 19 December 2008, ) • 'The Elephant' (, 26 January 2009, ) References [ ]. • Adiga, Aravind (18 October 2008).. Interview with Vijay Rana. Retrieved 9 November 2013. • 17 January 2010 at •. The Official 9th Wonder Drum Kit - 9th Wonder Treats. 15 October 2008.

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