Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer and journalist. He was born in  Chennai on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga, both of whom hailed from Mangalore. He grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School, then at St. Aloysius High School, where he completed his SSLC in 1990. He secured first rank in the state in SSLC. He studied English literature at Columbia College, Columbia University, in New York, where he studied with Simon Schama and graduated as salutatorian in 1997.
    Adiga began his journalistic career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Times. Currently he lives in Mumbai.His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.


Born:                23 October 1974 Chennai  India

Occupation:      Writer

Citizenship:      Indian, Australian


Novels

•  The White Tiger 2008 
•  Between the Assassinations 2008
•  Last Man in Tower 2011

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

Award    

• The White Tiger, won the 2008 Booker Prize