Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Leonard Benardo

Author of The Nutmeg’s Curse, a powerful work of history, essay, testimony and polemic, Amitav Ghosh (India) makes a powerful criticism of Western society through the book. Author of works of fiction and non-fiction translated into several languages, he has also received a range of awards and accolades, including five honorary doctorates; he was the first English-language writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour. Ghosh has also been a panellist for the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland and the Venice Film Festival (2001). Smoke and Ashes: Opium hidden histories (Humo y cenizas: historias ocultas del opio), sobre el impacto del comercio del opio en la historia global y la de su propia familia. In 2024, the author published Smoke and Ashes: Opium hidden histories, on the impact of the opium trade throughout global history as well as his family's history. In conversation with Leonard Benardo.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available